John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Chief State Solicitor will issue legal documentation to enable a sports capital grant to be paid to a club (details supplied) in County Mayo which was granted in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12216/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Under the sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country.

The club in question received an allocation of €60,000 in 2003 and a further allocation of €45,000 in 2004. These grant allocations are subject to the terms and conditions of the Programme, which include the execution of a deed of covenant and charge for grants over a certain threshold. 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, deals with the grantee's solicitor in executing this deed.

My officials contacted the Office of the Chief State Solicitor, on Tuesday 17 May 2011, to ask that the outstanding legalities be attended to as a matter of urgency. In response, the CSSO has assured my officials that the CSSO has prioritised this matter and will provide every possible facility to the grantees and their solicitor to complete the legalities as quickly as possible.