Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Inclusion in Sport: Discussion
Mr. Miche?l ? Conaire:
The latest round of the sports capital programme, as the Senator will be aware, opened in July and closed in September. There was a record number of applications, which are just starting to be assessed. As part of that process, it was made clear that applications will not be successful if applicants are not providing equal access to people of both genders. During the assessment process, all those applications will be looked at and there will be follow up as to the detail in each of them. I cannot comment on any specific applications. A huge number are in. The first initial tranche of inspection is happening at the moment, which is an assessment. It one of a number of criteria and the expectation is that they have to meet all the criteria to be successful.
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