Gerard Murphy
Question:94 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide funding for the sports complex in Macroom, County Cork. [29554/03]
Written Answers. - Sports Capital Programme.
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. The programme is run 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, by which date a total of 1,337 applications were received. However, my Department has no record of receiving an application from any organisation of the name given by the Deputy nor for any such project located in Macroom.
All allocations under the 2003 sports capital programme have been made. It is open to the organisation in question, should it wish to do so and should it have a project which satisfies the terms and conditions of the programme, to submit an application to the 2004 sports capital programme which was publicly advertised in the national newspapers last Sunday, 30 November, and Monday, 1 December.