Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 February 2009
226 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if money from the national lottery was used to fund a project (details supplied) in County Dublin; if so, the amount in each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5116/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Government is providing €191m of exchequer funding towards the redevelopment of the Lansdowne Road Stadium. None of this money is from the proceeds of the National Lottery.
227 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the sports capital grants will be released for 2009; the amount expected to be allocated for south Tipperary in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5114/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Since 1998, over €725 million has been allocated to over 7,400 projects across the country. As I announced in the House recently no decision has been taken about the timing of future rounds of the Programme.
Under the Programme, the level of funding to each county, including Tipperary, for local projects is on the basis of a pro-rata distribution of the available funding on the basis of the population as set out in the 2006 census of population conducted by the Central Statistics Office, subject to the number, nature and quality of applications received for each county. The level of allocations therefore to successful local applicants in each county in recent years was primarily determined by the overall level of allocations available under the Programme in those years for local clubs and the population of the county.
