Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a grant application in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38844/11]

Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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An application for capital funding to provide for the proposed development referred to by the Deputy was submitted to my Department in October 2008. The proposed facility had an anticipated cost at that time of €800,000, of which some €450,000 related to construction costs. Having evaluated the project in the context of significant changes in available resources and competing priorities, the applicant was informed in June 2010 that my Department would not be in a position to provide capital funding towards the project. A similar response to a subsequent application submitted in May 2010 was also issued by my Department. In the context of the implementation of the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 and, notwithstanding the merit of the project in terms of the provision of the proposed facilities, it is unlikely that my Department will be in a position to provide funding for this project in the foreseeable future.