Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a sports capital application by a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22610/05]

Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 386: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a sports capital application by a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22611/05]

Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a sports capital application by a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22612/05]

Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 388: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an application for lottery funding under the sports capital programme by a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22613/05]

Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 389: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application for capital funding from a club (details supplied) in County Longford; if this project will be granted significant funding in order to allow the construction of facilities to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22614/05]

Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 390: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application from an organisation (details supplied) in County Longford under the sports capital programme; if same will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 to 390, inclusive, together.

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 of the 1,362 applications received before that deadline, including one from each of the organisations 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.