Vol. 516 No. 6
365 Mr. Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation if he has received an application from a group (details supplied) in County Meath for national lottery funding to help it develop a soccer pitch which it has recently purchased; if an acknowledgement has been sent to the club; if not, when this will be done; when a decision will be made on this application and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/00]
The sports capital programme for 2000 was advertised in early December with a closing date of 11 February 2000 for the receipt of completed applications. In excess of 1,600 applications were received.
An application for funding under the programme has been received from the club in question and this application together with all other applications will be evaluated in the coming months against the programme's assessment criteria which are outlined in the guidelines which accompanied the application form. A letter acknowledging receipt of the application from this organisation has been issued.
