Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2019
545. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the documents submitted with an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied) invalidates the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24978/19]
View answerThe 2018 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on Friday 19th October last. By that deadline, a record 2,337 applications were submitted seeking a total of €162m in funding.
186 of these applications were for projects that were deemed invalid under the 2017 round of the programme that subsequently submitted corrected documents. These applications were assessed first and approximately €7m in allocations to 170 projects were announced on the 17th January.
Next 619 equipment only applications were assessed and 466 allocations with a value of €9.8m were announced to these organisations in May.
Work is now underway in assessing the remaining applications for capital works, including the application referred to by the Deputy.
For the first time applicants who submitted incorrect documentation under this round are being given the opportunity to correct their application during the assessment period. While there will be no undue delay in completing the assessment process, in view of the opportunity to correct documentation, the record number of applications received and the detailed information contained in each application, it is likely to take a number of months to have all applications assessed. Accordingly, I expect that it will be September before the full set of allocations under this current round of the programme are announced.
