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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 20 May 2003

Vol. 567 No. 1

Written Answers. - Sports Capital Programme.

Mary Upton

Ceist:

283 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will give consideration to an application for sports lottery funding by a club (details supplied) in view of the excellent work of this organisation. [13864/03]

The sports capital programme, which is funded by the national lottery and administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis.

The 2003 sports capital programme was advertised in the national newspapers on March 23 and 24 2003. The closing date for receipt of applications was April 25. In excess of 1,300 applications were received before the closing date, including one from the organisation in question. All applications are 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.

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