Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 April 2015
688. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount, in total, which remains undrawn down from consecutive sports capital grants; and if he will release those funds to other unsuccessful applicants. [15319/15]
View answerA total of €75m remains outstanding from previous rounds of the Sports Capital Programme and from special allocations. As it can take grantees several years to draw down grants it is expected that the bulk of this funding will be drawn down in due course. It is not the Department's policy to reallocate funding to new grantees where the existing grantees are experiencing difficulties in the drawdown of their grants.
I intend to allocate €40m later this year under the 2015 Sports Capital Programme.
