Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 1157 of 24 September 2008, the funding allocated to all clubs and organisations here for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33686/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Question No.1157 of 24 September 2008. The position is unchanged.

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of sports capital grants awarded in each county for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the number of these grants by county which have not been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33688/08]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the name of each applicant and club on a county basis and the year in which each grant was awarded in respect of sports capital grants not drawn down for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33689/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 323 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 information in relation to the number of grants awarded under the Sports Capital Programme to each county is contained in the table.

In 2005 and 2006 the following allocations were made to a number of strategic facilities outside of the formal Sports Capital Programme process timetable.

2005

€2,994,233 to assist Eircom League clubs to meet UEFA License requirements. The decision to allocate €3m was taken in December 2003 but the actual allocations were only made and announced in July 2005 to 14 selected grounds as follows:

Athlone Town €600,000; Terryland Park Galway €500,000; Waterford Regional Sports Centre €500,000; Limerick FC €300,000; Longford Town €204,000; Monaghan United €200,000; Kildare County €200,000; Cobh Ramblers €150,000; Shelbourne FC €104,093; Kilkenny City €100,000; Turner's Cross, Cork €52,000; UCD €40,000; Drogheda United €30,000; Bohemians €14,140.

Allocations announced in December '05 in respect of equipment requirements of some NGBs and also a range of regional and national projects which had already been funded but not to the level that the projects may have merited:

Pearse Stadium €1.5m; Limerick Gaelic Grounds €1m; Salthill Devon FC €1m; DCC — Irishtown Stadium €930,000; An Ríocht A.C. €625,000; Irish Amateur Boxing Association — National Stadium €500,000; Basketball Ireland €500,000; Markievicz Park, Sligo €400,000; Bunclody AFC €400,000; Tennis Ireland — National Development Centre €330,000; Athletic Association of Ireland €209,278; Ennis Town Council Lees Road Centre €200,000; Duneske Leisure Centre, Cahir €200,000; Football Association of Ireland €150,000; Irish Amateur Rowing Union €125,141; Mayo Association Football League €100,000.

An allocation of €85,000 was also made to the FAI in December 2005 in respect of development works at Derry City FC. 2006 26 allocations totalling €10,679,360 announced in December '06 in respect of a range of regional and national projects which had already been funded but not to the level that the projects may have merited and of the equipment requirements of some NGBs.

Eight allocations, totalling €841,637 for high performance sports equipment as part of preparations for Beijing 2008:

Irish Amateur Boxing Association €109,100; Irish Canoe Union €56,146; Cycling Ireland €111,600; Irish Hockey Association €23,800; Irish Amateur Rowing Union €163,566; Irish Sailing Association €255,900; Paralympic Council of Ireland €96,825; Irish Clay Pigeon Shooting Association €24,700.

26 Local Authorities were allocated €1.6m (€25,000 each to 64 synthetic pitches) in November '06 as part of the FAI Mini-Pitch programme. The allocations were as follows:

Carlow Town Council €65,000 allocation to the IRFU for works completed in 2005 in Lansdowne Road due to fire damage.

Information in relation to allocations made each year but not yet drawn down is not kept on a county basis and the compilation of this information would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. However, information is kept on the basis of outstanding allocations for each round of the sports capital programme. The amount of outstanding commitments from 2005 to 2008 is contained in the table.

It can take clubs a significant amount of time to draw down grants as they meet the legal, funding and technical requirements under the Programme and in the interests of fairness I do propose to publish a list of the names of these clubs.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 325: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding a club (details supplied) in County Limerick; the status of this application; if he has made a decision on a National Lottery grant; and if the club has been successful. [33833/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Letters have issued to each of this year's unsuccessful applicants, including the one in question, setting out the reasons why they were not awarded a grant. As that letter pointed out, given the level of demand for funding and the amount of funding available under the Programme, it is not possible for my Department to allocate grants to every applicant. In this instance, the club did not meet a number of the qualifying conditions of the Programme in that the proof of title and the evidence of own funding provided was not sufficient.