Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to an application by a club (details supplied) in County Galway for funding to finance a project; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the club caters for hundreds of boys and girls of all ages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21825/06]

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, which has previously been allocated €48,888 under the Sports Capital Programme, to apply for next year's programme, which I plan to announce later in the year.