Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 March 2015
699. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of applications approved under the last two rounds of his Department's sports capital programme; and the reasons applications were deemed invalid or were otherwise unsuccessful. [12683/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraInformation sought by the Deputy for the 2012 and 2014 rounds of the SCP is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Number of applications received |
Number of allocations |
% of applications receiving an allocation |
|
2012 |
2,170 |
648 |
29.9% |
|
2014 |
2,036 |
880 |
43.2% |
|
Applications were deemed invalid for one or more of the following reasons: |
|
-Title/Access requirements of the Sports Capital Programme not satisfied |
|
-Insufficient evidence of planning permission, planning application, or exemption from planning |
|
-Evidence of own funding not provided in prescribed format |
|
-Insufficient own funding |
|
-Insufficient quotations/estimates submitted |
|
-Insufficient sporting content |
|
-School/College/ETB application not made jointly with local club/community group |
|
-Private/commercial organisation |
|
-Other (eg not an organisation that can apply under the SCP) |
|
-Routine maintenance |
|
-Work on project already started |
In addition, not all valid applications receive an allocation given the resource constraints.
