Vol. 569 No. 4
205 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of lottery grant applications received for the 2003 allocation; the date of announcement of the results of the applications; the total funding available in regard to the applications in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18037/03]
The national lottery funded sports capital programme, administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country.
The programme is advertised on an annual basis. The 2003 sports capital programme was advertised in the national newspapers on 23 and 24 March 2003. The closing date for receipt of applications was 25 April. A total of 1,330 applications were received before the closing date. All applications are currently being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.
