Brian O'Shea
Question:388 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the capital projects funded by his Department which commenced in the Waterford constituency in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/01]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
I allocated the following grants to Waterford, totalling £796,000 under the 2000 sports capital programme:
|
£ |
|
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Tramore Amateur Boxing Club |
3,000 |
|
Dungarvan Brass Band |
5,000 |
|
Parkrangers AFC |
5,000 |
|
Brideview United AFC |
8,000 |
|
Childrens' Group Link Waterford |
10,000 |
|
St. Paul's Boxing Club Lisduggan Waterford |
10,000 |
|
Roanmore Hurling and Football Club |
10,000 |
|
Bolton Football Club |
10,000 |
|
Killure/Sacred Heart GAA Clubs |
20,000 |
|
Hibernian Football Club |
20,000 |
|
St. Anne's Waterford Tennis Club |
30,000 |
|
Mercy Secondary School and WildcatsBasketball Club |
30,000 |
|
Southend United FC Waterford |
35,000 |
|
Ballygunner GAA Hurling Club |
35,000 |
|
Ardmore GAA Club |
35,000 |
|
Waterpark Rugby Football Club |
40,000 |
|
Dungarvan Boxing Club |
50,000 |
|
Villa Football Club |
50,000 |
|
Portlaw United FC |
50,000 |
|
Dungarvan United AFC |
65,000 |
|
Whitechurch NS/Local Community |
75,000 |
|
Kilgobnet Sports Club |
200,000 |
In addition, a grant of £50,000 was allocated to Fraher Field by the Minister for Finance in the 2001 budget.
In order to eliminate the situation whereby sports capital grants allocated to clubs and organisations were not being drawn down, the sunset clause provision was introduced in 1998. The effect of this is that grants allocated since then have to be drawn down by a specific date, otherwise they are withdrawn. The time allowed is one year approximately for small projects and a year and a half approximately for larger projects.
Under the local authority swimming pool programme I allocated a grant of £1.5 million to Waterford Corporation in 2000 for the refurbishment of the Waterford Crystal swimming pool.