Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2024
222. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an outline of the sports grant application and decision for a group (details supplied); the details of the reason this group were not awarded the equipment element of the application. [40054/24]
View answerThe club referred to by the Deputy was allocated €144,056 under the Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme). No elements of their application were deemed invalid.
The Deputy might be referring to an application from a similarly-named group in another part of the same county which was deemed invalid as the organisation did not supply the required evidence of own funding as set out in the terms and conditions of the programme.
It should be noted that the group in question was afforded a second chance to submit the corrected documentation but failed to do so. It should be further noted that the group in question has been informed by the Department of the reason why its application was deemed invalid. Details of how to appeal this decision will be issued to the group by the Department in the coming days.
