Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 56: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding provided to each GAA club in the period 2002 to date in 2007; the reason for the differences in funding towards certain GAA clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25651/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, is the primary means of providing funding to sporting clubs, voluntary and community organisations towards the provision of sporting facilities at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis.

All applications received are assessed on their merits and evaluated against the programme's objective assessment criteria, which are outlined in the Guidelines, Terms and Conditions of the programme. Recommended grant allocations are made in line with the amount requested by the applicant, the merits of the project and the overall funding available.

Since 2002 the Sports Capital Programme has provided funding of over €153m for facilities and equipment in GAA clubs. Details of all grants allocated each year are available on my Department's website, www.dast.gov.ie.