Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 310: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will advise on the case of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [20660/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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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. Since 1998, the organisation in question has been allocated €657,896 under the programme, €253,948 in 2000, a further €253,948 in 2001 and €150,000 in 2003. All of these allocations have been paid in full.

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 online applications. All applications received before the deadline are currently being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. While I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed, I must inform the Deputy that there is no record of an application under the 2008 programme being received under the name supplied.