Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 532: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for a club (details supplied) in County Dublin under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23046/08]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 533: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve a grant under the sports capital programme for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23110/08]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 547: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application for funding under the sports capital grants scheme from an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; when funding will be allocated; and if in view of the number of schools both primary and post primary that will benefit from this application he will make a substantial grant allocation to the project. [23608/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 532, 533 and 547 together.

Under the sports capital programme, which is administered by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, 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 13 and 14 January and the deadline for receipt of applications was 29 February for paper-based applications and 7 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.