Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve a sports capital grant application by a council (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20670/06]

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 levels.

Applications for funding under the 2006 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on November 27th and 28th last. The closing date for receipt of applications was January 20th 2006. A total of 1,338 applications for projects costing €670 million and seeking funding of €312 million were received. All of these applications, including one from the organisation in question, ranging in project cost from €500 to €25 million are currently being evaluated against the programme's detailed 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.

Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 388: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department has received a request for lottery funding from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and when a decision will be made in view of the lack of sporting facilities in this area. [20856/06]

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 November 27th and 28th last. The closing date for receipt of applications was January 20th 2006. A total of 1,338 applications were received, ranging in project cost from €500 to €25 million for projects costing a total of €670 million and for which funding of €312 million was sought. All of these applications, including one from the organisation in question, are currently being evaluated against the programme's detailed 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.