COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Friday, December 14, 2012

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Manager to provide a list of Sports Capital Grants awarded in the latest round of funding for the area under the remit of this Committee; to state the applicants in this area who were unsuccessful; and to provide a report on how the sporting needs of this area can be met through this funding and other sources in the time ahead.?"

REPLY:

The following are the Sports Capital Programme awards made to clubs and organisations in the South Dublin County Council administrative area, as per the Department of Arts Sports and Tourism website:

BRC Shooting Club......................................,€8,442

Neilstown Boxing Club................................€25,000

Newtown Rangers AFC............................... €108,500

Round Towers G.A.A. ............ ....................€178,000

South Dublin Leisure Services.................€300,000

St. Jude's G.A.A. Club................................€85,109

Faugh's G.A.A. Club .................................€41,000

Tallaght Athletic Club...............................€25,000

Tallaght Rockets Volleyball Club...........€4,500

Tallaght Rugby Club................................€23,018

Tallaght Swim Team..................................€2,134

Tymon Bawn Community Association €278,927  

                                                      Total: €1,079,630

The Council has no way of knowing which clubs or organisations applied for and were refused funding under the Scheme, unless the club / organisation got in touch with the Council seeking help or advice. The funding awarded to the clubs and organisations across the County will only serve to improve the range of sporting facilities available to the people of South Dublin County.

It is not clear at this stage when further funding of this nature will be available again, although it has been suggested that this may not happen again for soem considerable amount of time. In the meanwhile, the Council's Sports Officers and the Sports Partnership based in County Hall will continue to work closely with all sporting bodies and clubs to encourage people of all ages and abilities to actively engage in exercise and sporting activities.