Vol. 561 No. 4
332 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when application forms for national lottery funding will be made available; the timescale involved for the completion of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4466/03]
I intend to invite applications for funding under the national lottery-funded Sports Capital Programme 2003 in March of this year. At that time, the programme will be advertised publicly and application forms, guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme will be available. The applications will be assessed in my Department in accordance with the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme, which will be issued to prospective applicants along with their application forms. It would not be possible to say how long the assessment might take until my Department has received all applications.
