Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 540: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on a national lottery grant for a club (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23293/08]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 541: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on a National Lottery Grant to a sports club (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23294/08]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 542: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on a National Lottery grant for a club (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23446/08]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 543: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on a National Lottery grant for a facility (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23496/08]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 544: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a decision will be made on a National Lottery grant for a club (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23497/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 540 to 544, inclusive, 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 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.