Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding grants to sports clubs. [22578/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin 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 2007 Sports Capital Programme was advertised in the national press in October 2006. The closing date for receipt of completed applications was 24th November 2006. Over 1,530 applications were received for the Programme and provisional allocations totalling €85 million were made to 935 projects on 5th April last.

The date of the next round of the Programme has not yet been decided. As in previous years, advertisements announcing the next round of the Programme will be placed in the national press and application forms will be available at that stage.