Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a football club (details supplied) in County Galway was not successful in its recent application for a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56279/12]

Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a football club (details supplied) in County Galway were not successful in their recent application for a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56280/12]

Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding from the capital sports grant will be allocated to a school (details provided) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56663/12]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 672, 673 and 689 together.

Details of the successful applicants to the 2012 Sports Capital Programme have been published on the Department's website. My Department will be writing to all applicants in the coming weeks.  Successful applicants will be informed of the steps required to draw down the grant and unsuccessful applicants will be provided with details of the initial assessment of their application.  The reasons why applications were deemed invalid will be outlined to the relevant applicants.  I think that it would be appropriate that the designated club contact would be informed first of the reasons why an application may have been deemed invalid.

Some of the reasons why Sports Capital Programme applications were deemed invalid include:

- Insufficient own funding or no evidence of own funding

- Work on project already commenced

- No evidence of freehold/leasehold/letter from landlord

- No quotations/estimates submitted

- No evidence of planning permission or application for same or letter from technical supervisor stating that planning permission is not needed