Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 252: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of an application for a capital sports grant for a club (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21773/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Applications for funding under the 2006 Sports Capital programme were invited through advertisements in the press on 27 and 28 November last. All applications received before the deadline, including one from the organisation in question were evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme and I announced yesterday details of the provisional grant allocations for local projects.

The application referred to by the Deputy was unsuccessful this year and a letter advising the organisation together with a copy of the assessment carried out on the application will issue in the near future. It is of course open to the organisation to apply for next year's programme, which I plan to announce later in the year.