Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 428: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans to offer grant aid to the various applicants that have applied for assistance for major and minor sporting and recreational facilities throughout County Kildare in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22449/09]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated towards the provision of sports facilities at national, regional and local level. Over 7,400 projects providing a range of essential sports facilities have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocation in that time to over €725 million. While grantees, including grantees in Kildare, in receipt of allocations under previous rounds of the Programme continue to draw down funding in 2009, no decision has been taken about the timing of future rounds of the Programme.