Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 April 2024
377. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide all sports grants available to a football club where the club is leasing ground on a long-term basis (not owned); and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18963/24]
View answerThe Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The latest round of the SCEP closed for applications on Friday 8 September 2023. A list of all applications received by county including the relevant sport type for each application received is published at gov - SCEP 2023 - Applications Received (www.gov.ie/en/publication/1c0f6-scep-2023-applications-received/).
The detailed assessment work has commenced and "equipment-only" applications are being assessed first. I hope to announce these "equipment only" grants soon. Work will then commence on assessing the capital applications with those allocations to be announced later.
The programme provides that if an applicant owns the land or have a registered lease with at least 15 years remaining at application stage and title is registered in the Property Registration Authority they can apply for up to €200,000 in funding for capital works. Organisations with a registered lease with between 5 and 15 years remaining, can apply for a maximum capital grant of €70,000 over a 5-year period.
On Friday last Minister Martin and I announced funding of up to €120 million under the new round of the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) which is open for applications until 3pm on Monday 1 July 2024. I encourage all eligible projects to consider applying for this competitive application process.
