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Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In the first instance it will be informed by the audit. Potentially, that will be complete at the end of August. Budget considerations will be made after that.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: We are looking at all opportunities and potential. However, at the same time we are also considering the state aid technicalities for how the agreement will be renewed and what can and cannot be done as part of that. For example, there may be challenges around offering new services as part of the package. We are looking at how that tallies with maintaining an existing service and providing...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes. We are availing of opportunities to support An Post to provide as many services as possible but we are looking to see how that matches the technical requirements of the renewal of the agreement.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The objective is to open a sports capital round next spring and have funding announcements later in the year. Sport Ireland is doing work on assessing the particular gaps that exist in different parts of the country across different sports. The information gathered by that will help to inform us for the next round of the community sports facilities fund. We will also assess how the...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: We want to identify particular needs and try to make sure as best as possible that we address them. The Deputy mentioned boxing which is a case in point. I met the boxing association recently and that is one of the things we discussed. We will work with Sport Ireland and be informed by the work it is doing. We will work with national governing bodies too to try to ensure the support is...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: We would be delighted to but it is obviously subject to the budget. The Government has shown great form and it has been transformative over 20 or 30 years but particularly in recent years with the level of investment. Our objective is to continue with that.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It has been an issue. The drawdown has not been as strong as it should have been in the 2019 round. We are putting a focus on working with those who were awarded funding to make sure it is being drawn down because we do not want to see others suffer from an opportunity cost regarding projects that are not moving along. If they do not move, we look to see how the funding can be used...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy is right. This is something we will be giving much closer consideration to. Separate from the work Sport Ireland is undertaking, Swim Ireland is undertaking an audit of swimming pool facilities across the country, how it breaks down between public and private facilities and the capability for them to be accessed to report where the biggest weaknesses are. This is something we...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister has a special affinity with this given his location. It is something we are monitoring very closely. We are looking at funding and the profiling of it and will update the Government on the progress of the-----

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: There is. It is being very closely put together and that process is being more intensively managed as we move forward. I am sure the Minister will want to comment on that.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It is something the Government is very supportive of, as we discussed the last day. The nitty-gritty hard work and graft is under way. I met the GAA again this week and we discussed this matter. It is likely that there will be an ask around funding. It would be unusual for any organisation not to have an ask. It is something that will be considered in the context of how we manage budgets.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (15 Jul 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: Sport and Recreational Development (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: A fundamental aim of the Government’s National Sports Policy 2018-2027 is to increase the levels of participation in sport and physical activity across the population. Achieving a more active society is a key part of the future. The Government is fully committed to ensuring that there is a series of well-conceived and well-funded policy programmes and initiatives are in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is aware of proposals regarding a Regional Sports Complex in County Laois. However, no application was received in respect of such a proposal under the 2024 round of the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) The LSSIF was established to provide support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (15 Jul 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. I have referred the Deputy's Question to Sport Ireland for direct reply on this matter. Please contact my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (15 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department maintains an ongoing dialogue with sporting bodies through various fora, as well as bilateral meetings at official and ministerial levels. This includes meetings with the GAA, the Camogie Association and the LGFA, at which each has provided updates regarding the gaelic games integration process and indeed on a range of other issues. As it so happens, I am scheduled to meet with...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Members for the invitation to speak on such an important topic. I welcome the postmasters’ representatives to the Visitors Gallery. As we know, the post office and postal network play an integral role in the economic life of our country and in facilitating delivery from SMEs and other businesses to consumers. However, I also recognise that post offices have an...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank all the Senators for their contributions. The very large turnout of Senators, the fact so many are still present in the Chamber and the number who came in to contribute to this debate very much reflects the esteem in which the post office network is held, not just in the political system but in the minds of local communities. I also thank the Irish Postmasters' Union...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (9 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The development of football is fundamentally a matter for the FAI, which, like all National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs), is an independent, autonomous body that is responsible for the organisation and development of its own sport. 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....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (9 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Increasing participation levels in sport among all cohorts is a key objective of the National Sports Policy 2018-2027 and is a priority for me in my role as Minister for Sport. Increased funding secured for sport in Budget 2025 has resulted in record levels of core funding for sporting organisations. €18.3 million is being invested in the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs)...