Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2005
373 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the award of a sports capital grant for a skateboard park in Bushy Park, Terenure; if this funding is site-specific; and whether this grant money could be applied if the proposed site were moved to a different location. [20724/05]
View answerMy Department administers the national lottery funded sports capital programme, which allocates funding to sporting, voluntary and community organisations, schools and local authorities. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. A grant of €100,000 was provisionally allocated under the 2004 sports capital programme to Dublin City Council towards the provision of a skateboarding park in Bushy Park.
In line with all capital grant schemes, the sports capital programme is predicated on the principle of projects being located at specific sites identified in the application for funding. The decision to allocate funding to this project was based on an assessment of an application for a specific facility in a specific location. My Department has received no request to date from Dublin City Council to change the location of this project. If such a request was made by the council, my Department would consider the matter.
374 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of sports clubs in County Tipperary which have applied for funding under the 2005 sports capital programme; the details of same; and when a decision will be made to allocate funding for 2005. [21024/05]
View answerThe national lottery funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sport clubs and to sporting and voluntary and community organisations at local, regional and national levels throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis.
Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December 2004. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. A total of 1,362 applications were received before that deadline, including 56 from organisations in County Tipperary. All the applications received are being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, and the terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.
