Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 673: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if community groups can apply for national lottery funding through his Department to open a community centre; if application forms are currently available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15213/11]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. To date, over 7,400 projects have benefitted from the Sports Capital Programme, with over €739 million paid out to fund essential sports facilities at national, regional and local level. While no new round of the programme has been advertised since 2008, the programme is still very active with €33 million being provided in the Estimates to fund the programme for 2011. It is open to any organisation with a suitable project to apply for funding under any future round of the sports capital programme. Information on the sports capital programme, including the most recently used application form and guidelines, are available on the Department's, website www.dttas.ie. No decision has been made on the timing of the next round of the programme.