§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list all sports clubs to which grants have been paid in the past five years that have restricted membership; how much has been paid to each club; and in what way the membership of each club is restricted.
§ Mr. John PattenThe following voluntary sports clubs with restricted membership have been grant-aided as follows by the Department of Education over the past five years:
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Name of Club Grant paid £
Armagh Gaelic Athletic Association 906 Augher Gaelic Football Club 5,820 Ballerin Gaelic Football Club, near Garvagh 1,802 Ballygalget Gaelic Athletic Club, Portaferry 7,727 Ballyholland Harps Gaelic Athletic Club, New Newry 9,855 Bellaghy (Wolfe Tone) Gaelic Football Club 234 Brackville Gaelic Football Club 5,387 Castlewellan Gaelic Football Club 16,092 Collegians Rugby Football Club. Belfast 29,762 Crossmaglen Gaelic Football Club 8,411 Derrygonnelly Gaelic Football Club 9,642 Enniskillen Gaelic Athletic Association 35,055 Erne Gaels Gaelic Football Club, Belleek 9,437 Glenravel Gaelic Football Club, near Ballymena 52,48 Glenullin Gaelic Athletic Club, Garvagh 12,602 Instonians Rugby Football Club, Belfast 4,580 John Martin Gaelic Football Club, Glenn, near Newry 29 Lamh Dearg Gaelic Football Club, Hannahstown 14,998 Lavey Gaelic Athletic Association, Recreation and Youth Welfare Club, Maghera 23,590 Loughinisland Gaelic Athletic Association, near Downpatrick 14,131 Michael Davitt Gaelic Football Club, Swatragh 217 O'Donovan Rossa Gaelic Athletic Club, Belfast 6,346
Name of Club Grant paid £
O'Neill's Gaelic Football Club, Blackwatertown 8,989 Patrick Sarsfield Gaelic Athletic Club, Belfast 10,000 Shamrocks Gaelic Football Club, Ballinderry 20,000 St. Colmcille's Gaelic Football Club, Grange 12,155 St. Ergnat's Gaelic Football Club, Moneyglass 602 St. Killian's Gaelic Football Club, Whitecross, Co. Armagh 14,223 St. Martin's Gaelic Athletic Club, Magherafelt 6,260 St. Mary's Gaelic Football Club, Killeeshill, Co. Tyrone 2,467 St. Mary's Gaelic Athletic Club, Rasharkin 4,150 St. Patrick's Gaelic Football Club, Eglish 32,939 St. Patrick's Gaelic Football Club, Magherafelt 3,062 St. Paul's Gaelic Athletic Club, Belfast 22,659 Tullylish Gaelic Football Club 10,000 Wolfe Tone Gaelic Football Club, Lurgan 6,239 St. Malachy's College Old Boys' Squash Club 14,215 The following Gaelic Athletic Association clubs have received grants from the Sports Council for Northern Ireland during this period:
Name of Club Grant Paid £
Annaclone Gaelic Football Club 241 Ballymacnab Gaelic Football Club, Armagh 400 Dunloy Gaelic Football Club, Ballymoney 850 Glenravel Gaelic Athletic Club, Ballymena 417 O'Neill's Gaelic Football Club, Aghaloo 200 O'Rallaghey Gaelic Football Club, Aughamlig, near Dungannon 160 Pearse Og Gaelic Football Club, Armagh 38 Pearses Gaelic Football Club, Fintona 130 Plunketts Gaelic Football Club, Pomeroy 150 St. Colmcille's Gaelic Football Club, Omagh 150 St. Mary's Gaelic Football Club, Ahoghill 400 St. Patrick's Gaelic Athletic Club, Magherafelt 291 Wolfe Tone Gaelic Football Club, Lurgan 458 Membership of the Gaelic Athletic Association is restricted by virtue of one of its rules which states, inter alia:
British soldiers, Navy men and police shall not be eligible for membership of the Association.In the case of the two rugby clubs and the squash club, membership is limited to former pupils of the respective schools.