Funding for sporting and youth organisations
The Department appropriated £400,000 to the grant-in-aid fund, bringing it to £488,522.18; separate provision included £200,000 for Comhairle le Leas Óige and £70,000 for Macra na Tuaithe.
asked the Minister for Education the total amount of moneys made available through his Department for sporting and youth organisations for the year 1977; and the amounts paid out to (a) sporting organisations and (b) youth organisations.
Comment on this
£400,000 was appropriated to the grant-in-aid fund for youth and sports organisations in the current year bringing the amount in the fund to £488,522.18. The amounts of grants out of that fund to sports and youth organisations, which have been sanctioned in the current year to date are:
Apart from those grants out of the grant-in-aid fund, sums of £200,000 and £70,000 are provided through other subheads for Comhairle le Leas Óige and Macra na Tuaithe, respectively.
Questions Nos. 15, 16, 17 and 18 postponed.