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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (1 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Chun a chur le héifeacht na reachtaíochta pleanála, cuireadh tús tamall ó shin le próiseas i dtreo treoirlínte nua a fhorbairt maidir le pleanáil sa Ghaeltacht. Tá mo Roinn ag glacadh páirt i ngrúpa oibre leis an Roinn Tithíochta, Údaráis Áitiúla Ábhartha agus le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta i láthair...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (1 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá cainteanna ar siúl idir an Roinn Tithíochta agus an Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán maidir le pleanáil i gceantair Ghaeltachta agus tá grúpa oibre comhdhéanta den dá Roinn, Údarás na Gaeltachta agus údaráis áitiúla ábhartha bunaithe chun an cheist seo a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (1 May 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 Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Olympic Games (1 May 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. In line with the Government’s target of delivering €30 million per annum for high performance sport by 2027, as indicated in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (1 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s first National Swimming Strategy was published in August 2024 and it sets out a vision to provide everyone in our country with an opportunity to swim. The working group tasked with developing the Strategy consisted of representatives from my Department, Swim Ireland, Sport Ireland, Active Disability Ireland, Ireland Active and the local authorities. The resultant Strategy...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this. There has been great progress in participation, and equal participation, by women in all sports. Our national governing bodies have made massive strides in that regard and that has been matched by the Government in relation to funding. I am very aware of the issue. It is very important that players engage with the Camogie Association. I have had...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Heneghan for raising this matter and I know that Raheny Shamrocks is a club to which the Deputy is very committed. His question today relates to the potential for a visit from me to the clubhouse, which is something that both Deputies Heneghan and Brabazon have raised with me. I received an invitation from Deputy Brabazon previously and I responded to the effect that I will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I know the club has done wonderful work there historically but also in terms of seeking to develop the club in recent years. It was supported in 2018 and 2020 through sports capital grants. I know it purchased a new building in Raheny and is considering how it can develop it having purchased the old Catholic church in Raheny village. I look forward to seeing how we can work with it in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Ó Muirí for his representations and support for the club. The challenge at a national level is the number of asks. If we look at the large scale infrastructure fund most recently, we can see that there were 96 applications nationally and, of these, 35 projects were successful. This meant that €173 million in total was allocated out of an ask in terms of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 105, 108 and 137 together. I thank the Deputies for their questions. The programme for Government commits to supporting the sporting community across the country to ensure more people participate, reap the benefits of sport and fulfil their potential from grassroots right up to high-performance level. We are achieving this and will continue to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It has been wonderful in recent years to see the strong increase in participation across many sports and how that has been driven forward and facilitated by the wonderful volunteer ethos at local level in terms of organising and facilitating so much sports activity through clubs on an ongoing basis. There is also great work in terms of leveraging sports capital grants and developing those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I would certainly be delighted to visit because it sounds like one of the prime examples of what is possible and how, by collaborating, we can maximise the impact of this investment. That is something we want to see more of across the country and, anywhere there is an opportunity to do that, to back it. We are also looking at how we can work in as strong a way as possible through...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. I know of the great excitement in the county this week in the run-up to the Leinster final this weekend. It has been added to by the under-age success, which has been wonderful to see and is a great reflection on the great work done by Louth GAA at all levels. I look forward to seeing the game this weekend. If it is half as dramatic as the previous one,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The LSSIF was first announced with a funding round in 2019. It is a relatively new fund in that regard, with the objective of trying to ensure that the Government can work to support the development of large-scale sporting facilities across the country. So far, we have had two rounds, in 2019 and 2024. Between both of those, €297 million invested has been invested, which is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It will be very much dependent on funding. That is something on which we will have engagement in the budgetary process to see what the potential is. The opening and announcement of new funding under the sports capital grant and the regional grants under the sports capital facilities fund have generally been every two years. I expect in the first part of next year to open up the sports...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (29 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Central to my Department's efforts in the move towards a bilingual public service is the full and successful implementation of the Official Languages Acts. The work under the Acts is critical in terms of embedding the Irish language as an integral part of the provision of public services in this country and empowering speakers of the language to use it in their dealings with the State. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1096, 1097, 1098 and 1099 together. My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Details of the latest CSFF allocations are available on the Department’s website at: , while information on previous rounds can be accessed...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Apr 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), formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the programme, a review of the current...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Apr 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. Allocation amounts for valid applications were calculated using the level of socio-economic disadvantage in the area of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 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 under its various programmes. I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to funding provided to the FAI. I would ask the Deputy to...