Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 79: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if grant aid will be offered from the proceeds of the national lottery to Maynooth town social club to facilitate the provision of club facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2731/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The national lottery funded sports capital programme, which is administered by the 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 2006 programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 27 and 28 November 2005. The closing date for receipt of applications was Friday, 20 January 2006. All applications received before the deadline will be evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. From a preliminary analysis of the applications submitted by organisations in County Kildare an application from the organisation referred to by the Deputy is not apparent. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.