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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) 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 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Byrne: The National Sports Policy was published in 2018 and provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first call for proposals under the LSSIF closed in 2019 with applications confined to local authorities and National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of Sport. All applications were assessed in accordance with the published Evaluation Procedures and Guidelines and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: Those in Sinn Féin do not want to know anything.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Mary Butler got it done.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (3 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: I am happy to speak on this issue. It is almost 18 years to the day since the then Fianna Fáil Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Mary Hanafin, established the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, programme. Disadvantage occurs throughout our communities and schools but I believe education is the great leveller, and we must do all that we can in order to support...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (3 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: I will take the points the Senator raised back to the Minister. I do not doubt the genuineness of her contributions, but nor do I doubt the genuineness of politicians around the country seeking DEIS status for schools in their area. In my constituency, two schools in the same village were added to the DEIS programme last year. It is extremely obvious from the Pobal maps that this is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: The Deputy would be the first to the Ryder Cup as well, in Limerick, in his constituency.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (4 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: As the Deputy is aware, the distribution of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund is a matter for the Minister for Finance. The possibility to augment the current betting levy regime for the purposes of partially funding the drive to increased sports participation continues to be raised by the sports sector and numerous sporting organisations have made proposals in recent years for what they...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (3 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) 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 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (3 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: The National Sports Policy was published in 2018 and provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first call for proposals under the LSSIF closed in 2019 with applications confined to local authorities and National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of Sport. All applications were assessed in accordance with the published Evaluation Procedures and Guidelines and...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: Táim an-sásta a bheith anseo leo inniu chun plé a dhéanamh ar an ábhar ríthábhachtach seo. I condemn any form of abuse in sport, including online abuse, racism, discrimination or inappropriate behaviour towards anyone involved in sport. Referees, officials and players are an integral part of our sporting structure and deserve to be respected for the...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: It will be ready in a couple of months.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: Yes. That is the next stage.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: The audit will be focused on this summer.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Senators for all their contributions. I certainly will consider some of the suggestions carefully. I thank Senator Maria Byrne for mentioning Ms Joy Neville and note Ms Maggie Farrelly in the GAA is in a similar position. She appeared on television the other night. I spoke to her at the start of the week about some of the issues she and her colleagues have faced. It is important...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: 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. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: My Department provides funding to all recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs including heating, lighting etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. These grants may be regarded as a common grant from which the Board of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: Sport Ireland is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards. This includes the allocation of funding across its various programmes. Sport Ireland does not provide direct funding for clubs or individuals, but channels it through the national governing bodies. There is no mechanism by which Sport Ireland...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: The reason I referred to Sport Ireland is that all the money we give to boxing goes through Sport Ireland. That is probably the answer I am giving here today. We are very supportive of these initiatives and there may be other avenues of support available to the project, indeed, directly through the IABA, which gets more than €500,000 in direct funding from us every year. I do not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Thomas Byrne: As I said, Sport Ireland has allocated over €500,000 to the IABA. That is really the only avenue through which we fund boxing. It has increased and it is going to increase. We support it financially. Just to be clear, we did not offer financial assistance to the Katie Taylor fight this week. We met the promoters, and I have to say, the Deputy's own party was advocating very...