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Sports Capital Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2008

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

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Sean Sherlock

Question:

85 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the Government is supporting a project (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is the only velodrome in the country and should be considered a fundamental part of Ireland’s sporting infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24574/08]

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Under the sports capital programme, which is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Under previous rounds of the Sports Capital Programme the Velodrome in Dublin City Council's Eamonn Ceannt Park has been allocated almost €900,000 in funding between 1998 and 2007. None of this funding has been drawn down to date.

Applications for funding under the 2008 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on 13th and 14th of January and the deadline for receipt of applications was 29th February for paper-based applications and 7th March for on-line applications. All applications received before the deadline, including the application from Dublin City Council for the velodrome project, 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.

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