Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 July 2014
308. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application for a sports capital grant made by a club (details supplied) in County Galway was unsuccessful; if his attention has been drawn to the work being done in the club with hundreds of young persons in the Craughwell area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31777/14]
View answerThe club referred to by the Deputy submitted a valid application under the 2014 Sports Capital Programme. A total of 2,036 applications were received under the Programme seeking €160m in funding. €40.5m was allocated to 880 separate projects. Given the level of demand for funding and the amount of funding available under the programme, it is unfortunately not possible to allocate grants to every eligible applicant. All of the funding for the 2014 Sport Capital Programme has now been allocated and there is no more funding available at this time. The applicant has now received details of the outcome of the assessment of their application including their assessment score.
