Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide funding for a recently opened sports complex (details supplied) in Dublin 20; when he will make a decision on such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35498/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Letters have issued to each of this year's unsuccessful applicants under the Sports Capital Programme, 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 project did not meet two of the qualifying conditions of the Programme in that the proof of title provided and the evidence of own funding submitted were not sufficient. There are no funds available to the Department to meet the rising costs of sports facilities.