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 2004 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 7 May last.
The application in question was unsuccessful. Letters are currently being issued to unsuccessful applicants advising them of the outcome of their application and enclosing a copy of the assessment carried out on the application, including any specific reasons for the application being unsuccessful. The letter to the club in question was issued on 25 May.
It is open to the organisation, 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 2005 sports capital programme when that scheme is publicly advertised. The club has already received a grant of €126,974 under the 2000 sports capital programme.