537 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applicants from County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2008; the value of grant aid sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12040/08]

538 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applicants from County Leitrim under the sports capital programme 2008; the value of grant aid sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12041/08]

541 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applicants from County Leitrim under the sports capital programme 2008; the budget available in 2008; the value of grant aid sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12250/08]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 537, 538 and 541 together.

Under the sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. Applications for funding under the 2008 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on 13th and 14th of January and the deadline for receipt of applications was 29th February for paper-based applications and 7th March for online applications. All applications received before the deadline are currently being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed. I have not yet made a decision as to the level of allocations to be made under this year's programme.

In this regard, thirty-three applications have been received from Roscommon requesting grant aid totalling just under €4.8 million and twenty-five applications have been received from Leitrim requesting grant aid totalling just under €3.9 million.

539 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of funding received in Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan under the sports capital programme for the years 2003 to 2007. [12084/08]

Under the Sports Capital Programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to sports capital allocations (rounded to two decimal places) made to the selected counties in the selected years is outlined in the following table.

540 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of applicants from County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2008; the value of grant aid sought; the budget available in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12249/08]

Under the sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, funding is allocated to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country.

Applications for funding under the 2008 programme were invited through advertisements in the Press on 13th and 14th of January and the deadline for receipt of applications was 29th February for paper-based applications and 7th March for online applications. All applications received before the deadline are currently being evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria, which are outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme. I intend to announce the grant allocations for the programme as soon as possible after the assessment process has been completed. I have not yet made a decision as to the level of allocations to be made under this year's programme.

In this regard, thirty-three applications have been received from Roscommon requesting grant aid totalling just under €4.8 million.