Vol. 492 No. 3
71 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the status of an application for National Lottery funding by St. Bridget's Secondary School, Goresbridge, County Kilkenny; if this application can be processed urgently in view of the indication from the school management that the future of the school is under threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13891/98]
An application for funding under the sports capital programme was received from the school in January 1997.
The 1998 grants under the programme were recently allocated and all available funds have now been committed to a number of projects around the country. The school was advised in April 1998 that it is not among the projects approved for grant aid in 1998.
The sports capital programme is currently under review. Accordingly, no further applications are being invited until the review is completed and I am in a position to publicise details of the new schemes.
