Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 260: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the maximum support and advice will be given to a football club (details supplied) with its grant; and if assistance will be given to same in resolving the delay in accessing the final part of the grant. [13913/05]

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.

A grant of €130,000 was provisionally allocated to the club in question under the 2002 sports capital programme. The grant was subject to the terms and conditions of the programme, which include the requirement that a tax clearance certificate be supplied in respect of each contractor employed on the grant-aided work. To date, €123,500 of this grant has been paid to the club in question. Officials from my Department have confirmed to the club that a tax clearance certificate is required for the contractor who has finished this project. On receipt of this certificate, which is an essential requirement of Government funding, the remaining €6,500 will be released to the club.

Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 261: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve a sports capital grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14098/05]

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 last. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. All applications received before that deadline, including one from the club in question, are currently 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.

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will give consideration to an application (details supplied) for sports funding. [14102/05]

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 last. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. A total of 1,362 applications were received by this date. No application was received before the deadline in the name of the organisation concerned.

All applications received before the closing date are currently 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. I expect to announce details of the 2006 sports capital programme towards the end of this year. It is open to the organisation in question to submit an application to that programme should it have a project which meets the programme's guidelines, terms and conditions.