Vol. 515 No. 2
214 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the position concerning an application for lottery funding under the sports capital programme by an association (details supplied) in County Galway and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5696/00]
The sports capital programme for 2000 was advertised in early December 1999 with a closing date of 11 February 2000 for the receipt of completed applications. Initial processing of these applications has commenced and, if the organisation in question has submitted an application, a letter of acknowledgement will issue from my Department in due course.
Applications received under the programme will be evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria which are outlined in the guidelines which accompanied the application form and I intend to announce the grant allocations at the earliest possible date following completion of this assessment.
