Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 October 2021
102. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if sports projects in the Gaeltacht can be funded under the capital sports programme in which another element of the overall project has been funded from the Gaeltacht section of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50273/21]
View answerThe Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Further information regarding the eligibility requirements of this Programme can be found on the Department’s website at: www.gov.ie/en/service/d13385-sports-capital-programme/.
Under the Department's Community and Language Supports Program, capital assistance is also provided for the construction or upgrade of community, language and recreational facilities, including the purchase of equipment, in Gaeltacht areas through An Clár Tacaíochtaí Pobail agus Teanga (The Community and Language Support Programme). This finance is provided to further support the implementation of the language planning process and to support the systematic implementation of both the Governments’ Action Plan for the Irish Language and the overarching 20-Year Strategy for the Irish language 2010-2030. Further information on this is available on the Department’s website at: www.gov.ie/en/service/public-and-language-support-programme/.
Subject to satisfying the relevant eligibility criteria, clearly distinct elements of a particular project can be funded under either scheme but any funding for the same element of the project cannot be drawn down under both. This is in accordance with the relevant Department of Public Expenditure’s Circular on the Management of and Accountability for Grants from Exchequer Funds.
