Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects that applied for sports funding in County Meath; the name of each project; the projects which were successful; and the funding amounts provide to them in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [40949/21]

Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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578. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects that applied for sports funding in County Westmeath; the name of each project; the projects which were successful; and the funding amounts provide to them in each of the years 2016 to 202 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [40950/21]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 577 and 578 together.

The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme 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 2020 round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme closed for applications on Monday 1^stMarch 2021. By the closing date, 3,106 applications were submitted seeking over €200 million in funding. This is the highest number of applications ever received. The scoring system and assessment manual for the 2020 round was finalised earlier in the year and is available at www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie . All applications are being assessed in accordance with this manual. Assessment of the "equipment-only" applications is nearing completion and an announcement in relation to these grants will be made shortly. The remaining applications for capital works will be assessed immediately afterwards with these allocations expected before the end of the year.

All organisations that made applications under this round are published on a county basis on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/service/d13385-sports-capital-programme/#sports-capital-programme-applications-allocations-and-payments . This site also lists all of the payments made under the Programme on a county basis.