Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Details of all allocations granted under the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) and Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) since 2000 are available at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/471ed5-sports-capital-allocations/

Concerning future allocations, the latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a large number of applications, including one from the club referenced by the Deputy, and it is evident that the total number will exceed the previous record of 3,106 applications submitted under the last (2020) round.

Work is now underway on finalising the "Scoring System and Assessment Manual" for the 2023 round and I hope to have this published shortly. Simultaneously, I also plan to publish the full list of all applications received by county including the relevant sport type for each application received. Once these documents are published, the detailed assessment work can commence. In this regard, it is planned to assess the "equipment-only" applications first and announce these grants in the coming months. Work will then commence on assessing the capital applications with the allocations likely to be announced later in 2024.