Vol. 551 No. 2
451 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation the position regarding the application for grant aid from the proceeds of the national lottery received in his Department from the North Kildare Club, with particular reference to favourable consideration in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10005/02]
The sports capital programme for 2002 was advertised on 25 and 26 November 2001 with a closing date of 4 January 2002 for the receipt of completed applications. In excess of 1,350 applications were received before the closing date, including one from the organisation in question. All applications are currently being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.
