COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the funding that was announced at last year’s budget for multi-use sports clubs buildings. How many clubs has applied for this funding and how much money was paid out from this fund so far. If no money was paid out of the fund this year will the money still be available in 2017 for clubs to apply for or will it be lost?"

REPLY:

"The Council continues to work with sporting organisations to meet the sporting / community needs of the County.  There is a growing number of smaller sports clubs in South Dublin County such as boxing and martial arts, who do not have the critical mass to develop and manage their own sports facilities in terms of both initial capital cost and ongoing management and maintenance costs year on year.  To address the needs of these clubs it was suggested that flexible spaces could be developed which these clubs could access and use on a shared basis without the need to build individual facilities which are costly to construct and sustain.  As a result the funding is not available to individual clubs to develop individual facilities.

A  fund was included in the 2016 budget for the design development of such shared facilities and to progress the initiative.  It will require a number of clubs to come together, possibly with an existing facility to examine the potential of new build/extensions to accommodate their needs.  No ‘grouping/consortia’ has yet been identified.

The Social and Community SPC is being kept informed of progress."