Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Sports Capital Programme
10:00 pm
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 365: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation regarding grant aid funded by the National Lottery available to local sporting organisations; when the next round of applications will be invited; the funds that are available for allocation under this round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24873/07]
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 â¬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.
There is also no decision at this stage regarding the level of grant allocations to be made. I will decide on the level of provisional grant allocations to be made for the next round of the programme having regard to the quality of the applications received, the pattern of grant allocations and drawdowns on foot of earlier years' approvals and the annual provision for expenditure in the Estimates for the relevant subhead in my Department's Vote.
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