Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide this Deputy with a schedule of financial supports, not including the sports capital grant, that she and-or Sport Ireland can provide to sports clubs that require them (details supplied). [62040/21]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various programmes. It does not provide direct funding for clubs but channels the funding through the relevant National Governing Body of Sport.

I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to funding for the sport mentioned by the Deputy. Please inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

On Monday 13 December Minister Martin and I announced the allocation of €73.6m in Covid funding under five separate streams to help sports organisations to recover and grow post-pandemic, support our grassroots network of clubs and local sports partnerships, and ensure people of all ages and abilities return to sport and physical activity.

Funding of €400,000 was allocated under the Sports Club Resilience Fund to the National Governing Body for the sport mentioned by the Deputy. The purpose of this fund is to provide support for clubs.

Funding for individual clubs under the Sports Club Resilience Fund is being delivered directly by the National Governing Bodies through programmes established by each of the National Governing Bodies. The club mentioned by the Deputy should contact their National Governing Body directly in relation to this funding.

Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for funding received regarding funding for skate parks in 2020 and to date in 2021, by county, in tabular form. [62084/21]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) 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 SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1st March 2021. By the closing date, over 3,100 applications were submitted seeking over €200m in funding. This is the highest number of applications ever received.

Details of all these applications are available at www.gov.ie/en/collection/b62b8-sports-capital-and-equipment-programme-2020-applications/

Of the applications received, five sought capital funding for skate parks, as set out in the table.

The scoring system and assessment procedures were published earlier this year and all applications are being assessed accordingly. Approximately one thousand of the submitted applications were for 'equipment-only' projects. These applications were assessed first and grants with a total value of €16.6m were announced on the 6th August.

In relation to the remaining 2020 capital SCEP applications, which include the five listed in the table above, assessment work is continuing. Every effort is being made to complete this work as quickly as possible with allocations expected to be announced early in the new year.