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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pools (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: No application was received from Loughrea as part of the LSSIF funding round. It is important, in advance of the next round of LSSIF, the date of which we have not decided yet, that there is engagement at local level about how that project can step forward, working with Galway County Council. It is not currently open. What we are doing is compiling a reserve list for all of those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputies Burke and O'Shea. I expect it to be spring 2026 when we open up for applications to be submitted and the expectation is that funding will be made available in the autumn period. That is certainly the timeline to which we are working. On Deputy Burke's point, we have just completed the appeals process and are now reviewing the operation and impact of it and how the whole...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: That is certainly something I will take on board in terms of making sure support is available for those who might need it so that their applications meet the criteria and are put together correctly. That is obviously important in terms of ensuring a successful outcome for applicants. In the most recent round of funding, the Department provided opportunities for clubs that were not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I congratulate Deputy O'Shea on a very strong election result. I wish him well in his term of office. I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 11 together. The programme for Government, in which the Deputy had a role in negotiations, commits to supporting the sporting ecosystem so that more people can participate in and reap the benefits of sport and fulfil their potential from grassroots...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I am committed to developing an academy structure, but we must be very clear about how we step it out, ensuring it is impactful and there is a clear plan and direction of travel in place for that journey.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Byrne and congratulate her on her election and her spokespersonship. In response to the question, the programme for Government, as the Deputy knows, includes a commitment to explore new mechanisms for the creation of football academies with the FAI and the League of Ireland. My Department has provided additional funding to the FAI to enable it to produce a report on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: We have seen great momentum and great attendances in recent times in the League of Ireland. There was a great example recently in the Aviva Stadium, with 33,000 people attending. I want to work with the FAI and all in grassroots football to build on that momentum in order to make sure that right across the country the support and development opportunities are there for young children to get...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I see real potential here as to how we can develop an academy system. Obviously, we have to make sure we develop it in a way that is sustainable and makes the biggest impact. The plans are not there yet as to how exactly that would work. I want to see how they would work. We have given some funding to the FAI to do an audit and to put an administrator in place, to see how we can step that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government sets out an ambitious future for sport in Ireland where equality of access and opportunity is paramount to everything we do. The need to catalogue sports facilities to address shortages in areas that are currently underserved was first raised in the National Sports Policy 2018 – 2027, which recognised the importance of having an up-to-date database of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established under the National Sports Policy, published on 25 July 2018, to provide exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the Community Sport Facilities Fund. The total investment in the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund currently stands at...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to explore new mechanisms for the creation of football academies with the FAI and the League of Ireland. My Department has provided additional funding to the FAI to enable it to produce a report on developing football academies. This will include a baseline audit of existing academy structures and needs, which will inform the development...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Údarás na Gaeltachta has informed me that the organisation is focusing on four main strategic objectives to develop Gaeltacht tourism. The first strategic objective is to support private and community-based enterprises in developing high-end slow tourism experiences that encourage longer stays and higher spending while preserving authentic cultural and linguistic heritage. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Government funding in support of the League of Ireland is delivered through two main channels. Programme funding for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), which is primarily aimed at supporting the delivery of programmes at local level, is directed via Sports Ireland while capital grants are allocated to individual clubs under my Department's two key capital funding programmes, the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Female participation in sport is an important element of both the National Sports Policy 2018-2027 and the recently published Sports Action Plan 2024 - 2027 and is a core priority for me and my Department. This Government is committed to a "Sport for All" approach aimed at ensuring that all persons have the opportunity to partake equally in sport and physical activity, regardless of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ag croílár iarrachtaí mo Roinne sa bhogadh i dtreo seirbhís phoiblí dhátheangach, tá feidhmiú iomlán agus rathúil Achtanna na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. Tá an obair faoi na hAchtanna seo criticiúil ó thaobh an Ghaeilge a neadú isteach mar chuid lárnach de sholáthar seirbhísí poiblí na tíre seo...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government has approved an allocation of up to €9.95 million (exclusive of VAT) to support the hosting of the first-ever National Football League (NFL) regular-season game at Croke Park in autumn 2025. The economic assessment of the event, done by Fáilte Ireland for my Department, projects that the event will generate approximately €64 million in additional...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Equality, diversity and inclusion are a key focus for me in my role as Minister of State for Sport. The Programme for Government commits to supporting the sporting ecosystem so more people can participate, reap the benefits of sport, and fulfil their potential from grassroots right up to high performance level. This will be achieved through a range of measures including continuing to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government sets out an ambitious future for sport in Ireland where equality of access and opportunity is paramount to everything we do. One action that will be of utmost importance to ensuring that equality of access and opportunity is a central focus for the sporting sector will be the appointment of a Disability Lead in Sport. Inclusion and diversity will be an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Equality, diversity and inclusion are key priorities for me and for my Department. The Programme for Government commits to supporting the sporting ecosystem so more people can participate in and reap the benefits of sport, and fulfil their potential from grassroots right up to high performance level. This will be achieved through a range of measures including continuing to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Female participation in sport is an important element of both the National Sports Policy 2018-2027 and the recently published Sports Action Plan 2024 - 2027 and is a core priority for my Department. The Government is committed to a "Sport for All" approach aimed at ensuring that all persons have the opportunity to partake equally in sport and physical activity, regardless of gender, age,...