Dan Boyle
Question:290 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the moneys which have been expended in his Department by area and projects to date, under the RAPID and CLÁR programmes. [25850/02]
Written Answers. - Departmental Programmes.
The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country towards the provision of sport and recreational facilities.
Under the 2002 sports capital programme, applications from projects located in CLÁR (Ceantair Laga Ard Riachtanais) regions were designated as disadvantaged. In addition, those projects located in CLÁR regions which were subsequently allocated funding under the sports capital programme received an additional 'top-up' allocation contributed from the funding provided under the CLÁR programme. In all, a total of 86 projects in CLÁR regions were provisionally allocated a total of €5,153,000 of which €874,500 was from funding to be allocated directly from the CLÁR programme. To date in 2002, a total of €258,319 has been paid out to sports capital projects in CLÁR regions, as follows:
|
County |
Name of Club |
Payments in 2002 |
Grant Amount |
|
Cavan |
Killinkere Basketball Club |
€1,200 |
€1,200 |
|
Clare |
Kilfenora Heritage & Sports Association |
€24,000 |
€24,000 |
|
Cork |
Kiskeam GAA Club |
€30,000 |
€36,000 |
|
Cork |
Schull Yawl Rowing Club |
€6,000 |
€6,000 |
|
Kerry |
Castlegregory GAA Club |
€24,000 |
€24,000 |
|
Kerry |
Cordal GAA Club |
€54,000 |
€54,000 |
|
Kerry |
Kenmare Amateur Boxing Club |
€1,200 |
€1,200 |
|
Leitrim |
Aughnasheelin Park Committee |
€57,000 |
€57,000 |
|
Roscommon |
Ballingare Development Association |
€27,536 |
€48,000 |
|
Tipperary |
Rearcross FC |
€34,583 |
€48,000 |
|
Total |
€258,319 |
€299,400 |
There is no specific funding available in my Department for distribution under the "Revitalising Areas through Planning, Investment and Development" (RAPID) programme. Targeted areas are, however, prioritised for investment and development under the sport capital programme.
Currently, projects located in disadvantaged areas are prioritised in the process of assessing applications under the sports capital programme. Disadvantaged areas are those which have been designated by Government for special support through the Regional Operational Programmes of the National Development Plan, i.e. areas supported by Area Partnership Companies as designated by Area Development Management (ADM) Ltd. RAPID areas come within this definition. Under the 2002 sports capital programme, a total of almost €44.4 million was allocated to projects in these designated disadvantaged areas.
Officials of my Department are currently consulting with the RAPID national monitoring committee on how targeted areas can be prioritised within the 2003 sport capital programme. As the proposals for the development of sport facilities contained in the area implementation plans were not submitted to my Department prior to the closing date for the 2002 Sport Capital Programme, it was not possible to prioritise them in relation to this year's programme.
Of the projects listed in the area implementation plans submitted subsequently for consideration, 18 would normally be eligible for applying for funding under the sports capital programme. Of these, 13 had not applied for funding under the 2002 sports capital programme and were advised to prepare applications for funding under the 2003 programme and five had actually applied independently to the programme; of which four had been allocated funding. These were as follows:
|
RAPID Area |
Project |
2002 SportsCapital allocation |
|
CorkKnocknaheeny-Churchfield |
Churchfield Swimming Pool Refurbishment (dry facilities) |
€400,000 |
|
Limerick-South |
Rathbane Public Golf Course |
€100,000 |
|
Limerick-South |
Southill Weight and Power Lifting Club |
€4,000 |
|
Limerick-South |
Old Christians GAA Club |
€30,000 |
|
Total |
€534,000 |