John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding an application under the sports capital grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9100/10]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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A provisional allocation of €80,000 issued to the club in question under Sports Capital Programme on 8 August 2008. The letter of provisional allocation specified that, before the grant could be formally approved, the grantee must fully meet all of the Programme's terms and conditions. On 4 February 2009 the Department wrote to the grantee regarding a change in the Programme's terms and conditions whereby a declaration signed by all duly appointed trustees would be sufficient to safeguard the Department's interest in the grant assisted facility rather than a Deed of Covenant and Charge. A copy of the declaration form to be completed was enclosed with the Department's letter. While the club in question wrote on 12 August 2009 to inform the Department of a possible timeframe for completion of the project, none of the documentation requested by the Department from the grantee in August 2008 and February 2009 has been submitted. The Department wrote again to the grantee on 18 February 2010 enclosing a copy of the original letter of provisional approval and advising that the allocation cannot be formally approved until all of the documents required are received and cleared by the Department.