Sports Capital Programme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 May 2018

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Ceisteanna (540, 541, 545)

Imelda Munster

Ceist:

540. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of restoring funding to the sports capital programme to 2008 levels. [23390/18]

Imelda Munster

Ceist:

541. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to the sports capital programme by 1%, 2%, 3% and 5%, respectively. [23391/18]

Imelda Munster

Ceist:

545. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation to the sports capital grant scheme in each of the years 2008 to 2018; and the distributions to sports bodies and associated allocations in 2016, 2017 and 2018. [23395/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

I propose to take Questions Nos. 540, 541 and 545 together.

Details of all allocations under the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) since 1998 and all payments since 2007 are available on my Department's website http://www.dttas.ie/sport/english/sports-capital-programme.  There were annual rounds of the SCP from 1998-2008. Subsequent to this there were new rounds of the SCP in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017. I hope to make an announcement in relation to a 2018 round of the SCP in the coming weeks.

Due to the nature of the SCP, it can take some grantees a number of years to draw down the grants allocated to them. Accordingly, the amount required in the relevant subhead to cover drawdowns under the programme does not equate to the allocations made in that particular year.  In 2008, €50.25 million was allocated whereas a total of €62.168 million was allocated in respect of applications under the 2017 round of the programme.  The amounts allocated under each of the general rounds of the SCP since 2008 are set out in the table below.

Year	Total Funding Allocated
2008	€50,250,000
2009
2010
2011
2012	€31,000,000
2013
2014	€40,486,132
2015	€41,126,179
2016
2017* (includes allocations made in early 2018 on foot of the appeals process)	€62,168,056

The SCP sub-head contains €49 million this year and this is sufficient to meet all existing commitments under the programme including the allocations under the 2017 round.  The cost of increasing this 2017 sub-head amount by 1%, 2%, 3% and 5% is set out in the table below.

2017   sub-head	1%	2%	3%	5%
€49,010,000	€49,500,100	€49,990,200	€50,480,300	€51,460,500

The Department moved to a new IT system in 2014 which provides a single system for managing all aspect of the SCP. Details of all grants allocated directly to the National Governing Bodies of Sport since 2016 are set out in the table below.  Separately, thousands of individual clubs and other units at county and provincial levels which are affiliated to the various National Governing Bodies have received SCP funding over the years and all such grants are available on the website.

Organisation	Amount Allocated
Canoeing Ireland	€39,000
Cricket Ireland	€60,500
Eventing Ireland	€18,000
FENCING IRELAND	€11,000
Irish Amateur Boxing Association	€151,500
Irish Amateur Wrestling Association	€6,500
Irish Clay Pigeon Shooting Association	€28,500
Irish Girl Guides	€2,500
Irish Martial Arts Commission	€25,000
IRISH PONY CLUB	€7,000
Irish Rugby Football Union	€55,500
Irish Table Tennis Association	€25,000
Irish Tenpin Bowling Association	€5,000
Irish Tug of War Association	€2,500
Irish Waterski & Wakeboard Federation Ltd	€17,500
Irish Wheelchair Association-Sport	€10,000
Ladies Gaelic Football Association	€22,000
Mountaineering Ireland	€7,500
Padel Federation of Ireland	€2,000
Pentathlon Ireland	€8,000
Rowing Ireland	€66,500
Scouting Ireland Ltd.,	€6,500
Special Olympics Ireland	€16,500
Swim Ireland	€56,000
The Association of Irish Riding Clubs Limited	€5,000
The Football Association of Ireland	€130,000
Weightlifting Ireland	€18,000
Weightlifting Ireland	€18,000