Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a new sports capital programme will be launched in quarter 4 of 2020. [19685/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Sports Capital Programme (SCP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country.

The most recent (2018) round of the SCP attracted a record 2,337 applications. Allocations were announced in January, May and November of last year with a total of over €56 million awarded to 1,648 different projects.

All unsuccessful applicants were given the opportunity to appeal the Department’s decision. In relation to the capital grants announced in November, a total of 122 appeals were submitted by the December deadline.  The review of these appeals was completed in April with 6 new allocations approved. 

Following the finalisation of the appeals process, a full Review of the 2018 round of the SCP was undertaken. This Review is currently under consideration and a decision on the timing of a new round of the SCP will be taken after that.