Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2006
919 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the case of a club (details supplied) in County Donegal, that is in danger of losing its ground due to coastal erosion and that submitted a detailed application for the 2006 sports capital programme, but was refused with no formal explanation given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28837/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 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. Applications for funding under the 2006 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press in November last. All applications received, including one from the organisation in question, were evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I announced provisional grant allocations for local projects on 6th June last and I regret to say that the application in question was unsuccessful by letter of 12th June. The club was informed that its application was unsuccessful and a copy of the assessment of their application was also provided.
I will be inviting applications for support under the 2007 sports capital programme in the coming weeks and it will be open to the club in question to submit an application under that programme.
