Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 580: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the value of capital grants sought under the sports capital programme in 2007 in each county; the number of applications; the value of grants awarded in each county; and the number of successful applicants. [15233/07]

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.

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. The detailed information sought by the Deputy on a county basis is contained in the table.