Vol. 504 No. 3
90 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation if he has received an application for funding from the proceeds of the national lottery for upgrading and improvement of facilities at St. Mary's parish hall, Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11874/99]
An application for financial assistance under the sports capital programme has been received from the organisation in question. This is one of almost 1,900 applications and will be considered when decisions on grant allocations for 1999 are being made, in accordance with the criteria for awarding such grants as set out in the terms and conditions of the programme.
In view of the large number of applications received, and the level of work involved in evaluating them, I do not expect to be in a position to make final announcements on the 1999 round of allocations for some time yet.
