Vol. 568 No. 5
326 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will be approved under the sports capital programme for an application by St. Dominic's Park Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16772/03]
The national lottery funded sports capital programme, which is 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 23 and 24 March 2003. The closing date for receipt of applications was 25 April. In excess of 1,300 applications were received before the closing date, including one in the name of St. Dominic's GAA Club, County Roscommon, which I assume is the project to which the Deputy refers. 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.
