Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Applications for funding under the 2008 Programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on 13th and 14th of January and the deadline for receipt of applications was 29th February for paper-based applications and 7th March for on-line applications. In total, over 1,450 applications were received before the deadline and are currently being evaluated against the Programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. In this regard, sixty-four applications have been received in total from organisations in Tipperary seeking a total of €11,171,904 for projects totalling €20,806,493. Out of respect to the confidentiality of the applicants, I do not intend to identify the organisations involved at this time. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the Programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.