Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 134: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to an application for funding for a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the sports capital grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20339/08]

Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in relation to an application for funding for a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the sports capital grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20340/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 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. Applications for funding under the 2008 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press 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 those from the organisations in question, are currently being 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.