Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the latest allocations of sports capital funding. [43290/19]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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2,337 applications were submitted under the 2018 round of the Sports Capital Programme 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 to these organisations in May.  Work is now underway in assessing the remaining applications for capital works.

For the first time, applicants who submitted incorrect documentation under this round were given the opportunity to correct their application during the assessment period. 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 further number of weeks before allocations 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 of the Programme.