Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of unsuccessful applications from Meath under the sports capital programme for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will provide the names of these groups. [40959/06]

Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications received by his Department from organisations in County Meath under the 2007 sports capital programme; if he will provide a list of these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40966/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 108 together.

The 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. I am arranging for a list of the unsuccessful applications from County Meath for each of 2004, 2005 and 2006 to be sent to the Deputy. The 2007 round of the sports capital programme was advertised on 15th and 16th October last. The closing date for receipt of applications was Friday last, November 24th. At this point I can tell the Deputy that in excess of 1,400 applications were received before the deadline, compared with 1,338 under the 2006 programme. Given the large volume of applications received and the complexity of processing and evaluating the information required, it is not possible at this early stage to provide an exact number of applications received from County Meath. While the deliberative process of the processing and assessment of applications is ongoing, it is not considered appropriate to provide a listing of applications or information relating to individual applications. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.