Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will publish the allocation of funding under the 2005 sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17506/05]

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 of the 1362 applications received before that deadline 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.