Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 378: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an application from a community development association (details supplied) in County Wicklow to the Chief State Solicitor's Office will be expedited. [21303/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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A grant of €200,000 was provisionally allocated to the project in question under the 2004 national lottery funded sports capital programme administered by my Department. The grant allocation was subject to the terms and conditions of the programme, which included the execution of a deed of covenant and charge.

A deed of covenant and charge provides, inter alia, for a refund of the grant in the event of the facility not continuing to be used for the purpose for which the grant was allocated. My Department's legal adviser, the Chief State Solicitor's Office, CSSO, deals with the grantee's solicitor in executing this deed. I understand that the CSSO received documentation regarding the case from the solicitors representing the organisation in question on 9 May. The documentation submitted has been examined by the CSSO, which last week requested further documentation to execute the deed.

The CSSO is awaiting the submission of the outstanding documentation and has undertaken to examine it expeditiously upon receipt. If the documentation is in order then the deed of covenant and charge can be executed and a grant payment will follow.