I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 to 246, inclusive, together.
Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Applications for funding under the 2008 Programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on 13th and 14th of January and the deadline for receipt of applications was 29th February for paper-based applications and 7th March for on-line applications. All applications received before the deadline, including those from the organisations in question, are currently being evaluated against the Programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme.
In this regard, forty-four applications have been received in total from Kildare requesting grant aid under the Sports Capital Programme 2008. Out of respect to the confidentiality of the applicants I do not intend to identify the locations of the applications at this time. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the Programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.