Cecilia Keaveney (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when funding will be announced under the sports capital programme 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17706/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The national lottery funded sports capital programme 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 newspapers on 5 and 6 December last. The closing date for receipt of applications was 4 February 2005. The 1,362 applications received before that deadline 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.