Tom Hayes
Question:134 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason Kilfeacle Rugby Club did not succeed in its recent application for lottery funding administered by his Department. [24625/03]
Written Answers. - Sports Capital Programme.
Tom Hayes
Question:135 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reasons Éire Óg GAA Club did not succeed in its recent application for lottery funding administered by his Department. [24626/03]
Tom Hayes
Question:136 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason Clonmel Bridge Club did not succeed in its recent application for lottery funding administered by his Department. [24627/03]
Tom Hayes
Question:137 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason Golden Community Association did not succeed in its recent application for lottery funding administered by his Department. [24628/03]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 to 137, inclusive, together.
The national lottery-funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. All applications under the 2003 sports capital programme were evaluated by my Department in accordance with the assessment criteria for the programme published in the guidelines, terms and conditions document which accompanied the application form for the programme. Following completion of the evaluation of the applications received by my Department under the programme, I announced provisional grant allocations on 25 July last for those allocations classified as local and on 29 August for those classified as regional, municipal/multi-purpose and national.
The applications referred to by the Deputy were unsuccessful. Letters were issued to each of the organisations concerned on 1 August advising them accordingly, together with a copy of the assessment carried out on their application, including any specific reasons for the applications being unsuccessful. It is open to the organisations in question, should they wish to do so, and should they have projects which satisfy the terms and conditions of the programme, to submit applications to the 2004 sports capital programme when that scheme is publicly advertised.