Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2024
378. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide all sports grants available and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18964/24]
View answerThe Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The latest round of the SCEP closed for applications on Friday 8 September 2023. A list of all applications received by county including the relevant sport type for each application received is published at gov - SCEP 2023 - Applications Received (www.gov.ie/en/publication/1c0f6-scep-2023-applications-received/).
The detailed assessment work has commenced and "equipment-only" applications are being assessed first. I hope to announce these "equipment only" grants imminently. Work will then commence on assessing the capital applications with those allocations to be announced later.
On Friday last Minister Martin and I announced funding of up to €120 million under the new round of the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) which is open for applications until 3pm on Monday 1 July 2024. I encourage all eligible projects to consider applying for this competitive application process.
