Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when outstanding issues in relation to the payment of a grant under the sports capital programme to an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois will be dealt with. [9087/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The grantee in question was provisionally allocated a grant of €70,000 under the sports capital programme in 2004. A provisional grant allocation is subject to the terms and conditions of the Programme, which include the execution of a Deed of Covenant and Charge. A Deed 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. My Department has been advised by the CSSO that the legal issues are now close to being finalised on foot of documentation received today from the grantee's solicitor. Accordingly, my Department will shortly be in a position to issue formal approval in respect of this grant and will provide every assistance to the grantee in question to expedite the payment of the grant.