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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (12 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: 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 funding programmes. I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to funding supports. I would ask the Deputy to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (7 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I appreciate the Deputy raising this issue. I wish to reiterate the commitment of the Government to investment in sport infrastructure across the country. If we are to achieve our ambitious targets for sports participation, we need to have the necessary facilities. As regards the responsibilities of my Department, two schemes provide grant assistance for the development of sports...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (7 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: One thing we are trying to encourage through the sports capital and equipment programme is to have local authority-led municipal sports facilities. We have had many examples of local authorities leading out on that, including Meath County Council. It is commencing work in Dunboyne, for example. There have been projects across the country where local authorities are partnering with a...

Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 12th July, 2022, and 8th December, 2022, inclusive, pursuant to Standing Order 36(ca), shall be in accordance with the rota contained in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated 5th July, 2022, entitled...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: In relation to sport, Sport Ireland, which is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including the development of strategies for increasing participation in sport, is continuing its work to increase participation in sport by people of all age groups. Sport Ireland provides funding to the National Governing Bodies of sport, the network of Local Sports Partnerships...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022 (without debate) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order 2022 (without debate) - Motion re Leave to Introduce Supplementary Estimate for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mortality Rates (5 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: The CSO publishes, both annual and quarterly, statistics on deaths that occur in Ireland. The CSO publishes provisional quarterly data based on the date the death was registered with the General Register Office (GRO) for the relevant period within 5 months of the end of the reference period. In addition, a yearly summary is published, also based on registered deaths within 5 months of the end...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (5 Jul 2022)

Jack Chambers: My Department recognises the importance of the leisure sector and the positive impact that swimming has on the nation’s health. However, my Department does not provide funding for the ongoing operational cost of swimming pools or leisure centres. My Department’s direct role in relation to swimming pools is primarily related to providing capital support for the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: The club to which the Deputy refers was provisionally allocated a grant of €59,500 under the 2017 Sports Capital Programme (SCP) for the provision of pitch floodlights. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Programme, due to the value of the grants received by the club in the past, it is necessary to execute legal procedures in order to protect the public investment in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Swimming Pools (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Doherty for raising this important matter. At the outset, I want to reiterate the Government’s commitment to providing the necessary sports facilities right across the country. If we are to achieve our ambitious targets for sports participation, we need the necessary facilities and equipment. Our commitment in this regard was demonstrated in recent months when we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Swimming Pools (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: To be fair to Fingal County Council, it was very engaged with Swim Ireland when it came to the pop-up pool in Donabate. That is the trialling of the new concept of delivery around transportable pools. A modular pool is a scaled-up version of that and a more permanent fixture. As a coastal community in Fingal, it is important to have access to swimming pool infrastructure. I take the...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: The position is that the Bill does not endanger the criminal justice system in the way referred to by the Senator and that such people would be subject to full justice, as per the legal position of the State.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: My Department directly funds a range of initiatives to support the learning of Irish that are available to the general public, including to members of the community to which the Deputy refers. Class providers range from education providers delivering free classes to others delivering classes on a commercial basis, some of which are delivered in-person and others online. The Department also...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (29 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Déanfar an scéal uile maidir le staid reatha agus todhchaí na gcoláistí Gaeilge a bhreithniú san fhómhar. Idir an dá linn, is í tosaíocht leanúnach na Roinne mar a bhaineann sé leis an earnáil na híocaíochtaí a bheidh á ndéanamh idir seo agus deireadh na gcúrsaí leis na teaghlaigh...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2022: First Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: No.

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that the Committee has the power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to section 459 of the Companies Act 2014 to make provision for the...

Joint Committee on Standing Orders Relative to Private Business: Motion (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders of the Dáil and Seanad relative to Private Business, in relation to the membership of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business), a maximum of four members of the Dáil and four members of the Seanad may be members of the Committee.

Fifteenth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Fifteenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 23rd June, 2022, and discharges and appoints members to Committees accordingly.

Double Taxation Relief Order 2022: Referral to Select Committee (28 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft: (i)Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Isle of Man) Order 2022, and (ii)Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order 2022, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 24th June, 2022, be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public...