AQW 41522/11-15

Mr Nelson McCausland
Democratic Unionist Party
North Belfast

Tabled Date: 29/01/2015
Answered On Date: 12/02/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure to detail the (i) resource; and (ii) capital grants paid out to boxing clubs for each of the last three years, including (a) the name of the club; (b) the amount of the grant; (c) the funding stream from which it was drawn; and (d) whether the grant was from (i) her Department; or (ii) Sport NI.

Answer:

I have arranged for details of Exchequer and Lottery funding awarded by Sport NI to boxing clubs directly and also indirectly through the Irish Amateur Boxing Association from April 2011 to date, to be placed in the Assembly Library. This information includes the names of the individual clubs and the amounts awarded.

To sustain and increase participation, and improve performances in sport, Sport NI, an arms length body of my Department, invests in a range of projects throughout the north of Ireland. Sport NI is a Lottery award distributor and also provides exchequer funding to a number of Sport NI recognised Governing Bodies of Sport, sports groups and clubs seeking funding in the north, including boxing.

Boxing clubs have benefited from a number of funding streams from both my Department and Sport NI from April 2011 to date. These include:

DCAL funded – Sport Matters Community Capital Programme, Equipment Pre Games Training Camps and City of Culture Legacy.

Sport NI funded – Boxing Investment Programme, Active Clubs Programme and Awards for Sport Programme.