Grants Scheme...
Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:37 pm
It was terrible to read in the Examiner yesterday about the "missing" money in the sports council. O what angling in Ireland could do with a fraction of it? 
Re: Team Ireland Fundraising Boat Competition, Cobh Sat Mar 10th
Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:17 pm
Examiner article mentioned above is online
http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2 ... 83692.html
The money is not missing from the Sports' Council. The problem is with money dispensed directly by Dept of Transport, Tourism and Sport under the The Sports Capital Programme ( http://www.dttas.ie/sport/grants_funding/index.aspx)
http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2 ... 83692.html
The money is not missing from the Sports' Council. The problem is with money dispensed directly by Dept of Transport, Tourism and Sport under the The Sports Capital Programme ( http://www.dttas.ie/sport/grants_funding/index.aspx)
Sports aid audit uncovers suspected fraud
By John Tynan
Monday, February 13, 2012
An audit of grants paid to sporting organisations has uncovered more than 20 cases of suspected fraud and mismanagement totalling almost €4m.
The Department of Sport probe centred on €3.97m of grants approved under its Sports Capital Programme between 2006 and 2011.
Some €3.7m of this funding was drawn down by clubs, but €111,721 was repaid following investigations and some clubs have since been banned from applying for sports capital grants.
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2 ... z1mSpCrErH