Written answers

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Sports Capital Programme

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2019 capital sports grants scheme will be published to enable sports and community groups and associations to apply for much needed funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21841/19]

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The 2018 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on Friday 19th October last.  By that deadline, a record 2,337 applications were submitted seeking a total of €162m in funding. 

186 of these applications were for projects that were deemed invalid under the 2017 round of the programme that subsequently submitted corrected documents.  These applications were assessed first and approximately €7m in allocations to 170 projects were announced on the 17th January. 

619 "Equipment Only" applications were assessed next and 466 allocations with a value of €9.8m were announced earlier this week.

Work is now underway in assessing the remaining applications for capital works. 

For the first time applicants who submitted incorrect documentation under this round are being given the opportunity to correct their application during the assessment period. While there will be no undue delay in completing the assessment process, in view of the opportunity to correct documentation, the record number of applications received and the detailed information contained in each application, it is likely to take a number of months to have all applications assessed. Accordingly, I expect that it may be the third quarter of this year before the full set of allocations under this current round of the programme are announced. 

As soon as allocations have been made, my Department will carry out a review of all aspects of the 2018 round of the programme to include any possible improvements for the future. This review will include consideration of the timing and scale of the next round but I fully expect that the SCP will again be open for new applications before the end of this year.

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