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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) is the primary means of providing Government funding to sport and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The Fund aims to foster an integrated and planned approach to the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and assists the purchase of non- personal sports equipment. Among the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various programmes. Sport Ireland focuses its work on ensuring that Ireland is an active nation where people are encouraged to start, continue to participate,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Capital support for the design and construction of the Dalymount Park redevelopment is provided by my Department through the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). It is important to note that Dublin City Council is ultimately responsible for the delivery of the Dalymount Park project and the associated project timeline. In 2018, Dublin City Council made an application under the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: This Government is committed to a "Sport for All" approach aimed at ensuring that all persons can partake equally in sport and physical activity, regardless of gender, age, social-economic status, disability, or membership of minority groups such as the LGBTI+ community, the Traveller community or other ethnic minorities. This commitment is reaffirmed in the Programme for Government. Last...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38, 49, 55 and 71 together. Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various programmes. Sport Ireland does not provide direct funding for clubs or individuals but...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Swimming Pools (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Capital support for new swimming pools, and the refurbishment of existing pools, continues to be provided by my Department through the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) which has allocated €28.9 million to 9 swimming pool projects to date. Under the second round of the LSSIF, grants totalling €173 million, benefiting 35 individual projects, were announced on 4...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Olympic Games (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: For the Paris Olympic cycle 2021-2024, the Government provided a record-level investment of approximately €89 million towards high performance sport. This was a substantial increase on the €59 million invested for the previous Tokyo cycle. Sport Ireland has announced that €27 million will be invested in high performance sport in 2025. This is in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), benefitting over forty sports, as well as multi-sport facilities, throughout the country. This represents the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Events (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: One of the first major international sporting events held in Ireland was the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 1998 and I would of course welcome its return to this island at some point in the future. It would be a real showcase for Ireland's spectacular scenery, warmth of welcome and capacity to host major sporting events. Major international sporting events can play a key role...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established under the National Sports Policy, published in 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 (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Fund). The first allocations under LSSIF were...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. The Government recently published the National Development Plan, setting out total investment of €246.4 billion over the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the CSFF, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very supportive of the process of integration which reflects much of what is already happening at club level and would further ensure parity of treatment for all players within the Gaelic Games family. I understand that good progress is being made on the integration process under the leadership of Mary McAleese and the Steering Group on Integration. I hope that full integration will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government commits to supporting local authorities in the acquisition of new lands for parks and playing pitches to help build liveable communities. While neither of my Department's sports capital funding programmes - the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) - provide for the acquisition of land I would be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Swimming Pools (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s first National Swimming Strategy sets out a vision to provide everyone in our country with an opportunity to swim. It includes an Action Plan containing over 50 actions across five thematic strands, focusing on providing improved facilities, increasing access for people with disabilities, improving the culture of inclusion, better coaching supports, increasing safety...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The LSSIF was established under the National Sports Policy to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the CSFF. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Swimming Pools (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Capital support for new swimming pools, and the refurbishment of existing pools, continues to be provided by my Department through the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF), which to date has allocated €28.9 million to 9 swimming pool projects. The LSSIF is aimed primarily at local authorities and National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs). The 2024 round of the LSSIF was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: There is simply no place for abuse of any kind in sport and there should be zero tolerance for any actions that endanger welfare, whether for players, coaches or those who work for and support sports across the country. It is vital then when concerns and complaints are raised that they are taken seriously and dealt with in an appropriate and sensitive manner. Sport Ireland works with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department's main role with regard to artificial pitches relates to the provision of grant assistance for the development of such facilities. In this regard, the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 19,000...

Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank everyone for the many contributions this evening. A significant number of Deputies came to the Chamber, and while we had almost two and a half hours of time, many people only had two minutes each. That shows the massive interest, recognition and respect there is for the role that sport plays in everyone's life and communities. It also shows the respect that everyone has for those...