Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 318: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a grant under the sports capital programme approved in 2007 in respect of a club (details supplied) will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6104/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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A grant of €140,000 was provisionally allocated to the club in question under the 2007 Sports Capital Programme. The letter notifying the club of the provisional allocation issued on 24 April 2007. The grant allocation was subject to the terms and conditions of the Programme, which included the execution of a deed of covenant and charge.

A deed of covenant and charge provides, inter alia, for a refund of the grant in the event of the facility not continuing to be used for the purpose for which the grant was allocated. The Department's legal adviser, the Chief State Solicitor's Office — CSSO — deals with the grantee's solicitor in executing this deed. I understand that the CSSO wrote to the club's solicitors on 21 January 2009 requesting outstanding documentation. The current position is that a response to the letter of 21 January has recently been received by the CSSO and is currently being examined.