Vol. 507 No. 4
218 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation when the result of the application for funding from the lottery sports capital programme will be known for a football club (details supplied) in County Mayo. [17072/99]
An application for financial assistance under the sports capital programme has been received from the club in question. This is one of almost 1,900 applications received and will be considered when the grant allocations for 1999 are being made in accordance with the criteria for awarding such grants as set out in the terms and conditions of the new programme.
Given the large number of applications received and the level of work involved in evaluating them, I have not been in a in a position to make final announcements on the 1999 round of grant allocations before now. However, I hope to do so in the near future.
