Seán Sherlock
Ceist:952. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to announce the results of allocations under the sports capital project. [1590/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 15 January 2019
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Freagraí scríofa
The 2018 round of the Sports Capital Programme opened for applications on Friday 7 September 2018 and the application period closed on Friday 19th October. By that deadline, a record 2,337 applications were submitted seeking a total of €162m in funding.
187 of these applications are for projects that were deemed invalid under the 2017 round of the programme. In these cases, applicants were allowed submit corrected documents in order to make their applications valid. These applications are being assessed first and it is expected that allocations to this category of applicant will be announced shortly.
In relation to the new 2018 applications, for the first time, applicants who have submitted incorrect documentation under this round will be given the opportunity to correct their application during the assessment period. While there will be no undue delay in completing the assessment process, in view of the opportunity to correct documentation, the record number of applications received and the detailed information contained in each application, it is likely to take a number of months to have all applications assessed. Accordingly, I expect that it will be at least the second quarter of this year before the full set of allocations under this current round of the programme are announced.