Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if funding will be sanctioned for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry under the sports capital programme 2006. [4289/06]

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 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, including one from the organisation in question, are being processed and will be 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.