Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will review an application from a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath for lottery funds for a community hall; and if the will allocate the maximum possible support for this venture. [6486/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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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.

Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December 2004. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. All applications, including one from the club in question, are being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the maximum support will be given to the Irish Wheelchair Association in its application for the capital sports grant to assist with refurbishing its sports hall; and if urgent support will be given to this important service for IWA members and the local community in Clontarf, Killester and Raheny. [6579/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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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.

Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December 2004. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. All applications, including one from the club in question, are being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications, on a county basis, for the sports capital programme 2005. [6617/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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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.

Applications for funding under the 2005 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 5 and 6 December 2004. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. Subject to confirmation, a total of 1,355 applications were received under the programme and the following are the details on a county basis:

All these applications are being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.