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 club in question was allocated a grant of €90,000 under the 2004 sports capital programme. A payment of €85,500, representing 95% of the grant, was issued to the club earlier this month. The remaining 5% of the grant, in this case €4,500, will be paid on completion of the defects liability period for the project in line with standard procedure for the programme.