Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry [44733/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a funding provision this year of €500,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. To-date, some 300 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to over €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is one of the 300 applications. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that, in the circumstances, it will not be possible to assist all applications. However, the assessment process is ongoing and all applicants will be informed of the outcome as soon as final decisions have been made.