Fiona O'Loughlin
Ceist:527. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the announcement of sports capital grants. [49859/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 November 2017
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The 2017 round of the Sports Capital Programme closed for applications on the 24th February. By the closing date, a record number of 2,320 applications seeking €155 million in grants were received.
When the programme was launched, it was envisaged that €30m would be available which would have made the allocation of grants particularly challenging. Following the conclusion of the budget discussions and in order to allow as many worthwhile projects as possible to receive some funding, we were pleased to secure significant extra resources to allocate under this round.
The assessment of all the 2,320 applications is now complete and full details of the allocations are expected to be announced later this week.