Vol. 503 No. 4
188 Mr. Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation if his Department has received an application for lottery funding from a club (details supplied) in County Meath; if so, the date received; if it will be considered in the 1999 allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10433/99]
An application for financial assist ance under the new sports capital programme was received from the club in question on Friday, 12 February 1999. This is one of almost 1,900 applications and it will be considered when decisions on grant allocations for 1999 are being made, in accordance with the criteria for awarding such grants as outlined under the terms and conditions of the programme.
In view of the large number of applications received and the level of work involved in evaluating them, I do not expect to be in a position to make final announcements on the 1999 round of allocations for some time.
