Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

An appeals mechanism is available to clubs that made applications for equipment only. There was a little confusion around that. I can state that if a club had, for example, some sports capital and equipment on the same application, that is still a live application and has not yet been decided on or assessed. Some clubs that might need a hurling wall or a lawnmower might have thought that they would not get the equipment if those items were included on the application. However, that is all still in the mix when it comes to equipment. There was a little uncertainty around that but there is an appeals process. Very few applicants missed out, although I know some did, in the equipment-only programme, but an appeals process was open to them. As I said, we expect the sports capital programme to conclude now. We hope to announce details of it in the first two weeks of January at the latest.