Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all applications from County Donegal to the sports capital programme in tabular form and include the amount applied for and the reason the application was approved or rejected [57407/12]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Information on all applications received from County Donegal under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme including the amount of funding sought is set out in the table.   

The Department is writing to all unsuccessful local applicants with details of how their applications were assessed.  Given the limited resources it is not possible for me to fund all valid applications.  The reason(s) why applications were deemed invalid is being outlined to the relevant applicants in the Department's correspondence referred to above.  There are several reasons why an application might be deemed invalid and compiling such information into tabular format for all such applications in Donegal would involve a disproportionate amount of work.  Some of the reasons why 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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club (details supplied) was deemed unsuitable for any funding from the sports capital programme despite the fact they fulfilled the criteria to receive funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57408/12]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Department is writing to all unsuccessful applicants under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme with details of the results of the assessment of their application.  The reasons why applications were deemed invalid is being outlined to the relevant applicants. 

The application referred to by the Deputy was deemed invalid on two grounds under the terms and conditions of the Sports Capital Programme.  Firstly, the applicant had insufficient own funding to meet the minimum matching funding requirements of the Programme and secondly; the applicant did not provide evidence that they had adequate title to the property where the proposed facility was to be developed.