Report on Sports Capital Programme Allocations in Kildare County

This report provides an overview of sports allocations in Kildare County, Ireland, under the National Sports Capital Programme, which aims to develop sports and recreation facilities. The funding, partly supported by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the National Lottery, is allocated to various sporting and non-sporting entities for building and maintaining sports infrastructure. Kildare, with a population of 210,312, has received over €11.5 million in local allocations for football clubs, boating clubs, cricket clubs, and community centers, benefiting beneficiaries of all ages. The report includes a breakdown of receipts, with 98% going to sporting clubs and Boy Scout clubs, and 2% to community centers and night clubs. Large grants (over €100,000) totaled €9.2 million, while small grants amounted to €2.8 million. The increase in sports allocations aligns with the increase in budgetary spending on sports, with further budget increases expected in 2018, indicating more grants for sporting facilities and community centers in Kildare.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
About Kildare..................................................................................................................................3
Concluding Remarks.......................................................................................................................6
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
The National Government of Ireland aims to build human capital through the promotions of
Sports (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
The Sports Capital Programme is aimed at fostering a planned and integrated approach to
develop the sports and recreation facilities throughout Ireland. The objectives of this programme
are:
 Assisting local, community and national level sports bodies as well as voluntary
organizations and schools in development of well designed sporting facilities to benefit
the local community.
 Provision of assistance in building of sporting facilities to the disadvantaged areas
 Encouraging the multi-purpose use of building.
Sports Allocations Under the National Sports Capital Programme are partly funded by The
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and partly by the National Lottery. (Department of
transport, Tourism and Sport, Ireland, 2018)
The report provides a brief overview regarding the allocations made towards various sporting
and non-sporting entities in the Kildare County towards building and maintenance of sporting
infrastructure.
About Kildare
Kildare is located in the mid east region of the Ireland. The Kildare country is a prosperous
county with a population of 210312. It is the seventh largest country in Ireland in terms of
population. Among these, 43,233 people were between the ages of 5 -13 while the population of
senior citizens (age 65 years and above) was 16,656. This presents a need for both sporting
facilities as well as community centres. (Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 2011)
Given below is a data of the Sports allocations of the National Sports Allocations Lottery.

The projects provided to Kildare included Scout Groups, Community Centres, Grants to Build
cricket facilities Every Year the Sports Capital Programme awards grants through the National
Lottery Programme. The National Lottery fund is designed to promote sports.. Various sports
associations apply for lotteries , in order to fund their projects. They are often helpful at a local
level since they help promote sports at a local level and maintain the regional pride.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
Total Grants Made
Total Grants Made
Figure 1 Sports Allocations Under the The National Sports Allocations Programme
Source: Prepared by Author. (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
As seen above, the local allocations stood at over 11.5 million. These included investment in
sporting facilities such as football clubs, boating clubs, cricket clubs etc. Over 15 different
sporting and related activities were supported through these funds for beneficiaries of all ages
The beneficiaries of these funds are not just schools and sporting clubs but also community
centres.

98%
2%
Group Wise Break Down of Receipts
Sporting Clubs and Boy Scouts Clubs
Community Centres and Night club Schools
Figure 2 Group Wise Breakdown
Source: (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
The smallest amount granted was 1500 Euros while the largest amount granted was 300,000
Euros. There were four projects with grant receipts over the sum of 300,000 Euros.
There were over 80 beneficiaries including a school, an adult school centre, two community
centers, the Kildare Community council and several sporting clubs club. (Department of
Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
The Total sum of Large grants made (sum of over Euro 100,00) was over 9.2 million Euros
while over 2.8 million Euros worth of small grants were made.
9260000
2854500
Sum of Large and Small Grants Made
(in Euros)
Large Grants
Small Grants
Figure 3 Sum of Large and Small Grants made

Concluding Remarks
The increase in Sports allocations is in keeping with the increase in the budgetary spending on
sports. (Department of Sports, Transport and Tourism, Ireland, 2016). Given below are the
details for the voted budget increases scheduled to take place in 2018. It is, therefore , expected
that the County of Ireland will receive more grants for sporting facilities and community centres
in 2018 and shall be able to service more people from different backgrounds with it’s investment
in local sports and community activities.
Table 1 Total Voted Expenditure for Transport Tourism and Sport
Total Voted
Expenditur
e 2017 2018
% change
in Budget
Change
in Budget
in
Absolute
Terms
Current 680,413 699,410 2.80% 18,997
Capital 1,129,641 1,327,04 17.5 197,405
(National Government of Ireland, 2018)
Appendix
Table 2 Local Sports Allocation 2003 (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
Location Allocation
Amount Granted
(in Euros)
Sarsfields GAA Club € 350,000
Rathcoffey Gaelic Athletic Association € 350,000
St. Laurence's GFC 300,000
Naas Golf Club 300,000
Carbury Gaelic Football Club 250,000

Clane GAA Club 250,000
Raheens Gaelic Football Club € 150,000
Kill GAA 150,000
Ballyteague GFC 150,000
Allenwood Gaelic Football Club €150,000 € 150,000
Cill Dara Rugby Football Club € 140,000
Leixlip United Football Club € 130,000
Nurney GAA € 100,000
Eadestown GAA € 100,000
Celbridge Athletic Club € 70,000
Dublin Gliding Club € 50,000
Kilcullen Community Centre 40,000
Athgarvan GAA Club € 40,000
Kildare Town AFC € 30,000
St. Brigid's CYMS Kildare €20,000 € 20,000
Kilcock Canoe Polo Club € 20,000
Prosperous Community Association € 15,000
Leinster Cycling Federation € 7,000
St. Mary's Athletic Club (Juvenile) € 4,000
Location Allocation
Amount Granted
(in Euros)
St. Michael's Boxing Club * € 250,000
Eire Og Corrachoill Hurling Club € 250,000
Moorefield GAA Club € 200,000
Kill GAA Club € 200,000
Robertstown GAA Club € 200,000
Clonmullion Football Club €140,000 * € 140,000
Ballyteague GAA Club €100,000 € 100,000
Leixlip Tennis Club €100,000 € 100,000
Naas Rugby Football Club € 100,000
Kildare County Council - Liffey Valley Regional € 100,000

Park
Allenwood GAA Club € 100,000
Nurney GAA Club € 80,000
Clane United AFC € 70,000
Kilcock Canoe Polo Club € 60,000
Cuan Mhuire Teo * € 50,000
Confey GAA Club € 50,000
Milltown GAA Club € 40,000
Kilcullen Community Centre Ltd. € 30,000
Athy Town AFC * € 25,000
Naas Sub Aqua Club € 25,000
Crookstown-Millview Athletic Club € 15,000
Kilcullen Canoe & Outdoor Pursuits Club € 15,000
Castledermot/Kileen Basketball Club € 5,000
Celbridge Badminton CLub € 2,000
National Golfing Coaching Academy € 500,000
Table 3 Local Sports Allocation 2004 (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
Location Allocation
Amount
Granted (in
Euros)
St. Michael's Boxing Club * € 250,000
Eire Og Corrachoill Hurling Club € 250,000
Moorefield GAA Club € 200,000
Kill GAA Club € 200,000
Robertstown GAA Club € 200,000
Clonmullion Football Club €140,000 * € 140,000
Ballyteague GAA Club €100,000 € 100,000

Leixlip Tennis Club €100,000 € 100,000
Naas Rugby Football Club € 100,000
Kildare County Council - Liffey Valley Regional
Park € 100,000
Allenwood GAA Club € 100,000
Nurney GAA Club € 80,000
Clane United AFC € 70,000
Kilcock Canoe Polo Club € 60,000
Cuan Mhuire Teo * € 50,000
Confey GAA Club € 50,000
Milltown GAA Club € 40,000
Kilcullen Community Centre Ltd. € 30,000
Athy Town AFC * € 25,000
Naas Sub Aqua Club € 25,000
Crookstown-Millview Athletic Club € 15,000
Kilcullen Canoe & Outdoor Pursuits Club € 15,000
Castledermot/Kileen Basketball Club € 5,000
Celbridge Badminton CLub € 2,000
National Golfing Coaching Academy € 500,000
Table 4 Local Sports Allocation 2005 (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
Local Allocation
Amount
Granted (in
Euros)
Athy Rowing Club € 7,000
Athy Rugby Football Club € 200,000
Athy Sports and Acrobatics Club € 5,000
Celbridge Athletic Club € 120,000
Celbridge Town AFC € 100,000

Cumann Luthchleas Gael Chill Dara - St. Conleth's Park € 200,000
Ellistown GAA € 120,000
Leixlip Amenities Centre € 220,000
Leixlip Town Football Club € 100,000
Leixlip United A.F.C. € 100,000
McDonagh Pitch and Putt Club € 18,000
Newbridge Sports and Leisure Centre € 50,000
Prosperous United A.F.C. € 100,000
Racing Academy and Centre of Education € 150,000
Ryston Sports and Social Club € 50,000
Salmon Leap Canoe Club € 10,000
Table 5 Sports Allocation 2006 (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
Monasterevin GFC 300000
Celbridge Community Sports Centre Ltd 250000
Maynooth Town Football Club 250000
Athy GFC 175000
Celbridge GAA 160000
Scoil Ui Riada 130000
Ballyteague GFC 40000
Johnstown Bridge GAA 40000
Kilcock Canoe Polo Club 20000
Kilcock Basketball Club 10000
Naas Sub-Aqua Club Ltd 10000
Excel Gymnastics Club 8000
Maynooth Boxing Club 5000
Newbridge Cycling Club 4000
Liffey Celtics Basketball Club 2000
Leixlip Archery Club 1500
Castledermot Girls Football Club 1000

Table 6 Sports Allocation 2007 (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 2017)
Location Allocation Amount Granted (in Euros)
Newbridge Sport and Leisure Club 400000
Le Chéile Athletics Club/Leixlip
Amenities 300000
Cappagh GAA Club 200000
Celbridge GAA Club 180000
Kilcock GAA Club 150000
Naas Lawn Tennis Club 150000
Castle Villa AFC 120000
St. Mary's GAA Club, Leixlip 120000
Junior Golf Ireland 100000
St. Laurence's GAA 100000
St. Michael's Boxing Club, Athy 35000
Athy Sports and Acrobatic Club 19000
Athy Rugby Football Club 18000
Castlemitchell Gaelic Football Club 18000
Johnstown Bridge GAA Club 14000
Athy Rowing Club 12500
Kilcock Canoe and Polo Club 12000
Table 7 Sports allocation 2008
Location Allocation Amount Granted (in Euros)
Athy Recreational Community
Hall
2500
Athy Town AFC 70000
Celbridge Athletic Club 12000
Celbridge Community Sports
Centre
15000
Clongorey Community
Association
70000
Eadestown GAA 13000

Ellistown GAA 100000
Excel Gymnastics 15000
Kilcock Celtic AFC 80000
Kildare Water Safety 10000
KYNOG Utd 8000
Newbridge Rugby Football Club 270000
North Kildare Olympic handball
club
2000
Prosperous Community
Association for Prosperous Lawn
Tennis Club
8000
Raheens GAA 170000
Rathangan GAA club 80000
Salmon Leap Canoe Club 6000
Sisters of Charity of Jesus and
Mary Community and Recreation
Hall, Monasterevin
70000
St Kevins GFC 100000
St. Laurences Hurling Club 20000
The North Kildare Club 215000