Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 258: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position of an application for capital sports lottery funding by a club (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15146/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the next tranche of capital sports lottery grants will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15147/08]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 and 259 together.

Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The 2008 programme was advertised on 13th and 14th of January and the deadline for receipt of applications was 29th February for paper-based applications and 7th March for on-line applications. All applications received before the deadline, including the one in question, will be evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed.