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Sports Capital Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2006

Tuesday, 23 May 2006

Questions (263, 264, 265)

Enda Kenny

Question:

317 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application for funding from a club (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he has examined this application; if his attention has been drawn to the required finances being lodged for their application to be considered; when he expects to announce approval for these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19457/06]

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Written answers

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 levels.

Applications for funding under the 2006 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on November 27th and 28th last. The closing date for receipt of applications was January 20th 2006. A total of 1,338 applications for projects costing €670 million and seeking funding of €312 million were received. All of these applications, including one from the organisation in question, ranging in project cost from €500 to €25 million are currently being evaluated against the programme's detailed assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, 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.

Paul Connaughton

Question:

318 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve grant aid under the sports capital programme to a sports centre (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the significance of this sports centre on the lives of hundreds of young and old people in the general area of Ballygar and Newbridge, County Galway; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the committee raised almost half a million euro as a local contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/06]

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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. The programme is advertised on an annual basis.

Applications for funding under the 2006 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on November 27th and 28th last. The closing date for receipt of applications was January 20th 2006. All applications received before the deadline, including one from the organisation in question, are currently being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, 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.

Denis Naughten

Question:

319 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the allocation of funding under the sports capital programme to each county in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19689/06]

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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following Table.

In relation to the 2006 sports capital programme, the closing date for receipt of applications was January 20th last. A total of 1,338 applications for projects costing €670 million and seeking funding of €312 million were received. All of these applications, ranging in project cost from €500 to €25 million are currently being evaluated against the programme's detailed assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, 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.

County

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

County Total

Carlow

1,168,159

489,000

440,000

632,000

446,000

3,175,159

Cavan

591,698

691,200

580,000

1,075,000

785,000

3,722,898

Clare

898,975

1,123,000

1,125,000

1,727,000

1,356,000

6,229,975

Cork

4,769,132

7,257,000

5,747,400

6,524,000

8,172,000

32,469,532

Donegal

3,211,168

5,049,000

1,177,500

1,802,000

1,572,000

12,811,668

Dublin

13,908,710

23,075,900

14,763,733

14,691,000

15,739,419

82,178,762

Galway

3,192,122

3,058,000

3,058,000

3,435,014

5,760,000

18,503,136

Kerry

2,119,193

3,335,200

3,748,000

4,476,000

3,603,000

17,281,393

Kildare

3,853,655

4,870,000

3,366,000

3,357,000

1,550,000

16,996,655

Kilkenny

763,747

1,116,500

1,042,500

850,000

1,284,000

5,056,747

Laois

1,197,363

1,189,000

450,000

786,000

771,000

4,393,363

Leitrim

439,964

821,600

454,800

479,000

660,000

2,855,364

Limerick

2,705,812

2,776,000

2,785,500

1,925,000

3,092,000

13,284,312

Longford

648,836

759,400

780,000

745,000

499,000

3,432,236

Louth

1,339,574

2,545,000

1,372,100

1,644,000

1,347,000

8,247,674

Mayo

1,625,265

2,284,000

1,574,600

1,594,000

1,422,000

8,499,865

Meath

1,477,975

1,605,000

2,560,000

2,260,000

1,576,000

9,478,975

Monaghan

615,823

1,233,000

685,000

996,000

744,000

4,273,823

Offaly

618,997

405,000

1,004,000

1,157,000

1,260,000

4,444,997

Roscommon

1,206,251

1,301,000

777,600

1,027,000

880,000

5,191,851

Sligo

1,250,692

1,527,600

963,000

1,453,000

2,020,000

7,214,292

Tipperary

1,802,393

2,478,000

1,657,000

2,398,000

2,177,000

10,512,393

Waterford

3,133,714

3,253,000

2,710,000

2,080,000

1,425,000

12,601,714

Westmeath

1,319,258

2,569,000

1,307,000

1,083,000

1,305,000

7,583,258

Wexford

915,481

2,206,000

1,221,000

1,887,000

2,267,000

8,496,481

Wicklow

1,405,600

1,813,000

1,003,000

1,700,000

1,527,000

7,448,600

Annual Total

56,179,561

78,830,400

56,352,733

61,783,014

63,239,419

316,385,127

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