Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received an application for a lottery grant by a primary school (details supplied) in County Limerick; her decision on the application; if an application for her Department or another Department might be fruitful in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24399/04]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The organisation, which is a primary school, applied to my Department for a grant from the health and children allocation of national lottery funds in June 2003. The school sought funding of €19,940 towards the cost of draining and resurfacing the playing surfaces at the rear of the school and to set up a vegetable garden. There is a protocol in my Department for processing applications for national lottery grants. When the completed application form is received in my Department it is registered in the finance unit and forwarded to the relevant services division for its assessment, evaluation and recommendation. All applications are then considered in the context of the recommendation and the overall level of funds available. In this instance, the child care policy unit considered that this application was not suitable for funding from my Department and the school principal was advised to apply for funding to the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.