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Swann wants spare stadium cash for North Antrim
Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee, has challenged the Finance Minister to ensure that sports grounds in the constituency because of a multi-million pound shortfall in stadia funding. Assemblyman Swann, who is North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Sports Spokesman, issued his challenge after it emerged there would be a potential loss of £12.5 million of funds originally allocated for the project to improve sports stadia. Mr Swann, the UUP Chief Whip, said: “The £138 million which has been allocated to improve sports stadia within the three main sports of football, rugby and gaelic, is vital as we seek to develop both grassroots and elite sporting participation. “This funding was the subject of much negotiation and debate and the Ulster Unionist Party welcomed the provision following the missed opportunity that was the failure to proceed with … Continue reading
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Swann wants spare stadium cash for North Antrim
Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee, has challenged the Finance Minister to divert some of his departmental underspend on stadiums into sports grounds in the North Antrim constituency. Assemblyman Swann, who is North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Sports Spokesman, issued his challenge following a budget debate in the Stormont Chamber. Noting Mr Swann’s contribution to the debate, Finance Minister Sammy Wilson said Mr Swann had raised the issue of funding for DCAL projects. Mr Wilson said to Mr Swann: “I cannot make any commitments beyond this Budget period, but there will be a review of the Budget for the past two years. “We are looking at where Departments have underspent and overspent, and that will present opportunities for all Departments to show where pressures arise as well as where there have been reduced pressures. The … Continue reading
