Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 June 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding

9:30 am

Ms Katherine Licken:

The Deputy was right about the impact. The impact of what sports investment does across the country is astounding, remembering always that we have a huge volunteer cohort across Ireland that contribute to the fabric of society through sports and sports infrastructure. In the last round of sports capital, we had a record €166 million allocated. Over the course of the whole programme since the early 2000s, I think 13,000 projects have benefited to the tune of €1.3 billion. Some €18.4 million was awarded to Cork in projects in the 2020 round.

I will ask Mr. Ó Lionáin to come in on the review.