Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 572: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applications received from County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2007; the amount of funding sought; the funds sought by each applicant and the purpose of such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14318/07]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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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.

Applications for funding under the 2007 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on October 15th and 16th last. The closing date for receipt of applications was November 24th 2006. A total of 1,533 applications were received seeking funding totalling €383.44 million, of which 29 applications seeking €5.8 million were from County Roscommon. I have arranged for the specific information relating to each individual application from the county to be forwarded to the Deputy.

All applications received before the deadline were evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. On 5th April last, I announced €85 million in provisional allocations to 935 organisations, including €1.395 million to 15 projects from County Roscommon.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 573: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason a club (details supplied) in County Kildare did not receive a capital sports grant under the recently announced scheme; the breakdown of the application where it did not comply with the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/07]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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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. All applications under the 2007 sports capital programme were evaluated by my Department in accordance with the assessment criteria for the programme published in the guidelines, terms and conditions document which accompanied the application form for the programme. Following completion of the evaluation of the applications received by my Department under the programme, I announced the provisional grant allocations on the 5th April last.

The application in question was unsuccessful and a letter advising the organisation together with a copy of the assessment carried out on the application, including any specific reasons for the application being unsuccessful, will be issued to the organisation in the very near future. It is open to the organisation, should it wish to do so and should it have a project which satisfies the terms and conditions of the programme, to submit an application for the next round of the programme when that scheme is publicly advertised.