Michael Ring
Question:112 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason an area (details supplied) in County Mayo has lost disadvantaged status since 2001. [2261/05]
View answerThursday, 27 January 2005
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The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level. It is advertised on an annual basis. One of the programme's stated main objectives is to prioritise the needs of disadvantaged areas in the provision of facilities. Disadvantaged areas are designated under the programme on the recommendation of and in consultation with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, which is responsible for schemes relating to disadvantage.
Before 2003, areas designated as disadvantaged under the programme were located in Area Development Management Limited partnership areas, which were identified in 1992. In the context of the 2003 sports capital programme, it was decided in consultation with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs that it would be preferable, from the point of view of targeting disadvantaged areas for prioritisation, for the designation to incorporate areas in which specific programmes which directly deal with disadvantage were being funded by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. I refer to RAPID and local drugs task force areas in urban locations and the CLÁR rural development programme.
The disadvantaged designation is closely linked to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs's programmes. An additional feature of the programme, as a consequence, is the allocation of grant top-ups from that Department in addition to funding allocated from the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism to grant-aided projects in CLÁR and RAPID areas. That has meant, for example, that €1.65 million has been allocated to projects located in CLÁR areas of County Mayo since 2003, including €277,000 in the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs top-ups, from total sports capital funding to the county of €3.3 million. The disadvantaged designation for the sports capital programme as outlined above is now incorporated in the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism's sport capital programme.
Paul Connaughton
Question:113 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve substantial grant aid for the development of a camogie stadium applied for by a board (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are now 32 clubs affiliated to the board and that camogie is a fast-growing women’s sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2241/05]
View answerThe national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level. It is advertised on an annual basis. Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited in press advertisements on 5 and 6 December last. Application forms, guidelines, terms and conditions for the programme are available from the Department's sports capital unit or on the Department's website, www.dast.gov.ie. The deadline for the receipt in the Department of application forms and necessary supporting documentation is 5 p.m. on Friday, 4 February next. The Department has not yet received an application from the organisation in question. If an application is received before the deadline, it will be assessed like all applications in accordance with the criteria detailed in the programme’s guidelines, terms and conditions.