§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list all grants given to the Gaelic Athletic Association and its clubs from public funds for each of the past five years; and for what purpose each grant was given.
§ Mr. Goodhart[pursuant to his reply, 31 March 1980]: Grants paid by the Department of Education and the Sports Council for Northern Ireland to the Gaelic Athletic Association and its clubs over the past five financial years are as follows:
the date of the initial application, this will not result in any financial loss to the tenant.
§ Mr. Wm Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications to purchase their homes were made by tenants of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the first nine months of 1980; for how many of these, formal and provisional offers have been made to 29 February 1980; and in how many cases the sale has been completed.
§ Mr. Goodhart[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1980, c. 436]: I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the first nine months of 1979 during which period I understand that under its former sales policy the Housing Executive received about 2,300 applications from tenants to purchase their homes.
197WMore detailed information is not available but the executive has indicated that in respect of the total number of 2,426 applications to purchase received under its former sales policy, and as to 29 February 1980, 1,253 provisional offers had been made and of these 769 had been accepted. Formal offers had been made in 377 cases and 284 sales had been completed.