Dan Neville
Question:162 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the allocation by county made by his Department under the national lottery fund 2004 and the sports capital programmes. [14877/04]
View answerWednesday, 19 May 2004
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The 2004 national lottery funded sports capital programme was advertised in the national newspapers on 30 November and 1 December 2003. The deadline for receipt of applications was at 5 p.m. on 16 January 2004. A total of 1,304 applications were received before that deadline and these were evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme.
Following this evaluation process, I announced on 7 May provisional funding allocations to 717 projects totalling €50.8 million in funding, which was broken down as follows:
|
€ |
|
|
Carlow |
632,000 |
|
Cavan |
925,000 |
|
Clare |
1,027,000 |
|
Cork |
4,874,000 |
|
Donegal |
1,802,000 |
|
Dublin |
11,941,000 |
|
Galway |
2,702,000 |
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Kerry |
2,976,000 |
|
Kildare |
2,857,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
850,000 |
|
Laois |
786,000 |
|
Leitrim |
479,000 |
|
Limerick |
1,925,000 |
|
Longford |
545,000 |
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Louth |
1,294,000 |
|
Mayo |
1,594,000 |
|
Meath |
1,160,000 |
|
Monaghan |
996,000 |
|
Offaly |
857,000 |
|
Roscommon |
1,027,000 |
|
Sligo |
1,253,000 |
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Tipperary |
2,048,000 |
|
Waterford |
1,580,000 |
|
Westmeath |
1,083,000 |
|
Wexford |
1,887,000 |
|
Wicklow |
1,700,000 |
I will shortly be making further announcements under the 2004 sports capital programme in respect of funding for projects of major significance which, while meeting local needs, will also add considerably to the national and regional sporting infrastructure which is required both for increasing levels of participation and improving standards of performance.
In keeping with Government policy, the allocations reflect special priority for the development of sports and recreational facilities in areas designated as disadvantaged, that is, RAPID, CLÁR and local drugs task force areas. Projects that have been allocated sports capital funding in designated disadvantaged areas may also receive additional top-up funding under the CLÁR and RAPID programmes, administered by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. A statement will issue from Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, at a later stage regarding top-up funding allocations under these programmes.