Recreational facilities funding programme
Members asked about a Castletownbere sports-complex grant, the allocation of recreational-facility funding and possible expansion of the tripartite fund; the Minister cited £5.6 million allocated to the national programme and said project details would be circulated.
asked the Minister for Education whether he will approve a grant from the tripartite fund for a sports complex in Castletownbere, County Cork, for community and recreational purposes.
28.
Comment on this
asked the Minister for Education if he will give details under the national programme for the provision of recreational facilities of how the capital sum of £2.1 million will be allocated in 1981 including (a) the location of the 19 major sports interests under the aegis of local authorities and the involvement of local management committees; (b) the 14 community recreation centres for each local authority and the names of the community groups who will be organising such centres; (c) the 29 projects for each local authority and the name and details of the various organisations, from youth groups to vocational committees, who will be involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Comment on this
asked the Minister for Education if he anticipates any expansion of the tripartite fund for the provision of sporting facilities for various organisations; and if he is prepared to extend the scope of the scheme to aid projects that are as yet uncompleted due to lack of funds after all sources of revenue at local level have been exhausted.
Comment on this
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 27, 28 and 29 together.
In April 1980 I announced that funds had been allocated to a national programme for the provision of recreational facilities. The total amount allocated was £5.6 million — £3.5 million from the Tripartite Committee on Employment and £2.1 million from Exchequer funds in 1981.
This money was allocated to the projects announced in the national programme details of which are shown on a schedule which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Some projects have been withdrawn from the original programme. The question of re-distribution of the moneys made available by these withdrawals to cases on a substitute list is at present under consideration.
Under the conditions governing the national programme it is not possible to grant-aid projects on which work had already commenced. I am not in a position to approve a grant in the case of Castletownbere at present. The application has been noted for consideration in the event of additional funds becoming available.