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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (22 Jun 2021)

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: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: Previously, Government support for new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools was provided through the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme (LASPP). To date 52 pools have been completed under the LASPP and three swimming pool projects (Lucan, Buncrana and Edenderry) remain in the programme. Exchequer support for any new swimming pool projects is now...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The 2020 round of the SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1st March, 2021. By the closing date, 3,106 applications were submitted seeking...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The 2020 round of the SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1st March, 2021. By the closing date, 3,106 applications were submitted seeking...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced the outcome of the extensive consultation process undertaken with the Irish Language Summer Colleges sector over the previous few weeks. During the consultation process, a representative group of Gaeltacht households who provide accommodation for students, as well as course operators expressed significant concerns around health and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The procurement of defibrillators and subsequent training is a matter for each individual club in the first instance. I am aware however, that a number of National Governing Bodies of Sport have schemes in place to support their club networks in relation to cardiac care, screening and defibrillator training. The GAA’s Community Heart Programme, the FAI’s Heart Care Programme and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge (22 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: An mhí seo caite, rinneadh cinneadh nach bhféadfadh coláistí Gaeilge feidhmiú den dara bhliain as a chéile mar gheall ar COVID-19. Rinneadh an cinneadh tar éis dom dul i ndáil comhairle le páirtithe leasmhara - idir lucht lóistín, lucht stiúrtha na gcoláistí agus lucht stiúrtha hallai pobail ábhartha na Gaeltachta...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (22 Jun 2021)

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: Sport and Recreational Development (22 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: Increasing participation levels in sport for all age cohorts, including those attending school, is a priority of the National Sports Policy 2018-2027. Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, supports a range of programmes and activities that aim to encourage, support and empower primary and secondary school children to actively participate in sport and physical activity. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

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. Due to the nature of the Programme it can take grantees a number of years to draw down grants. Details of all payments and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (17 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Due to the nature of the Programme it can take grantees a number of years to draw down grants. Details of all payments and allocations under the Programme are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (17 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together. The National Sports Policy published in 2018 provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The aim of the fund is to provide support for larger sports facilities where the Exchequer investment is greater than the maximum amount (€300,000) available under the Sports Capital and Equipment...

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (16 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: No.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Policy (16 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. While the CSO's statistical Business Register contains a classification by legal form of enterprise, the statistics do not separately count family businesses. The closest approximation available is enterprises that are classified as Sole Traders or Partnerships. The latest year for which this information is available is 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (16 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The 2020 round of the SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1st March, 2021. By the closing date, 3,106 applications were submitted seeking over...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (16 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The 2020 round of the SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1st March, 2021. By the closing date, 3,106 applications were submitted seeking over...

Arrangements on the Order of Business: Motion (15 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and with effect until Thursday 1st July, 2021— (1) subject to paragraph (2), where there is opposition to an arrangement or arrangements on the Order of Business, or where an amendment or amendments have been proposed to the arrangements, the Ceann Comhairle may permit a statement not exceeding one minute thereon from the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The time has gone back.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (15 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 to 140, inclusive, together. On the advice of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Government decided on September 15th, to postpone the 2021 Census to 3 April 2022. The decision to postpone the Census scheduled for 18 April 2021 until 3 April 2022 was not taken lightly and was based on a number of factors. Foremost in the decision making, was the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Jack Chambers: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The 2020 round of the SCEP closed for applications on Monday 1st March, 2021. By the closing date, 3,106 applications were submitted seeking over...