Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2009
291 Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a club (details supplied) in County Louth are entitled to draw down unclaimed payments that were awarded to the club under the sports capital grants programme 2004; if so, the conditions under which the moneys may be drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45789/09]
View answerThe grantee in question was provisionally allocated €150,000 under the Sports Capital Programme 2004. The grantee subsequently informed the Department in a letter dated 12 October 2005 that it could not draw down the grant due to the proposed relocation of the grantee's playing facilities to a new site and that it intended to reapply for funding under a future round of the Programme. Accordingly, the 2004 allocation is not available to be drawn down by the grantee. While the club in question made a further application under the 2008 Programme, the application did not comply with the terms and conditions of the Programme as the club did not have adequate title to the proposed facility at the time of application. It is open to the club to apply to the Department for funding under any future round the Sports Capital Programme if it has a suitable project.
