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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Budgets for North-South Implementation Bodies, including the North-South Language Body, are approved by the North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC). The budgets are submitted to the NSMC once the sponsor departments and finance departments, north and south, have confirmed their own budgets and agreed their allocation for the implementation bodies, in line with agreed funding ratios. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tugann Acht na Gaeltachta 2012 feidhm reachtúil don phróiseas pleanála teanga. Faoin bpróiseas, tá an deis á tabhairt do phobal na Gaeltachta sna Limistéir Pleanála Teanga atá aitheanta faoin Acht pleananna teanga a ullmhú agus a fheidhmiú ar bhonn áitiúil le tacaíocht leanúnach an Stáit. Tugtar an deis do...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá dul chun cinn suntasach déanta ag an bpróiseas pleanála teanga ónar cuireadh tús leis roinnt blianta ó shin agus gach ceann den 26 limistéar pleanála teanga chomh maith leis an 3 Líonra Gaeilge agus 9 mBaile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta ceadaithe anois agus i mbun oibre. Mar thoradh air seo, tá Oifigigh Pleanála Teanga ag obair go...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Coláistí Samhraidh (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge (SFG) á riar ag mo Roinn ar mhaithe le tacú leis na deiseanna sealbhaithe agus saibhrithe teanga sna réigiúin Ghaeltachta do scoláirí dara leibhéal agus do mhic léinn tríú leibhéal ó áiteanna ar fud na tíre. Tagann an scéim le cuspóirí an Rialtais i leith na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tuigim gur cheadaigh bord Údarás na Gaeltachta €250,000 in airgead caipitil ag cruinniú mhí na Nollag 2023 ar obair chomhairleoireachta agus ar thaighde i leith thithíocht a fhorbairt i gceantair Gaeltachta. Tá sé tugtha le fios ag Údarás na Gaeltachta gur cead i bprionsabal atá tugtha ag an mbord agus tá súil ag...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Teanga Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 791 to 793, inclusive, together. Níl aon taighde díreach déanta ag mo Roinn maidir leis na buntáistí eacnamaíocha éagsúla a bhaineann le stádas oifigiúil san Aontas Eorpach don Ghaeilge ná ar an tionchar atá á imirt ag an stádas sin ar líon na gcainteoirí Gaeilge nó ar a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Mar is eol don Teachta, is í an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas (CATT) a cheadaíonn buiséid bhliantúla na gComhlachtaí Forfheidhmithe Thuaidh Theas, an Foras Teanga san áireamh. Cuireann Rialtas na hÉireann 75% de bhuiséad Fhoras na Gaeilge ar fáil agus tagann an 25% eile ó Fheidhmeannas Thuaisceart Éireann, de réir an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Is í an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas (CATT) a cheadaíonn buiséid bhliantúla na gComhlachtaí Forfheidhmithe Thuaidh Theas, an Foras Teanga san áireamh. Cuirtear na buiséid faoi bhráid na Comhairle Aireachta tar éis do na ranna urraíochta, thuaidh agus theas, a gcuid buiséad féin a dheimhniú agus soláthar na bliana...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In the first instance, I would hope that sporting facilities’ own commercial insurance would cover the cost of restoring such facilities back to sporting use where they have been damaged by the recent adverse weather events. Adequate insurance for facilities is a condition of capital funding granted by my department under either of its funding schemes, namely the Community Sport...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Fund) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Capital support for new swimming pools is now provided through the LSSIF. The total investment from the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund since 2020 amounts to €297...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: On 25 September 2024, €230 million was announced in grants for sports clubs and facilities under phase 2 of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme). Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to community sports clubs and facilities in total in 2024, taking account of the earlier equipment-only allocation of €26 million....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Fund) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). On 25 September 2024, €230 million was announced in grants for sports clubs and facilities under phase 2 of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF). Over a quarter of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pools (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 49 together. I congratulate Deputy O'Hara on his election and thank him for the question. I know there is a similar question about Carrickmacross from Deputy Carthy. My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, the community sports facilities fund, formerly known as the sports capital and equipment fund, and the large-scale...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pools (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It is important that there is engagement locally and that the Deputy works with the local authority in Galway about how this can be stepped out. I know there was a recent meeting about it. I have been speaking with Senators Curley and Rabbitte and Deputy Dolan about it. It is important to engage with the local authority in its capacity to work with the local community to develop the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pools (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: No application was received from Loughrea as part of the LSSIF funding round. It is important, in advance of the next round of LSSIF, the date of which we have not decided yet, that there is engagement at local level about how that project can step forward, working with Galway County Council. It is not currently open. What we are doing is compiling a reserve list for all of those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputies Burke and O'Shea. I expect it to be spring 2026 when we open up for applications to be submitted and the expectation is that funding will be made available in the autumn period. That is certainly the timeline to which we are working. On Deputy Burke's point, we have just completed the appeals process and are now reviewing the operation and impact of it and how the whole...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: That is certainly something I will take on board in terms of making sure support is available for those who might need it so that their applications meet the criteria and are put together correctly. That is obviously important in terms of ensuring a successful outcome for applicants. In the most recent round of funding, the Department provided opportunities for clubs that were not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I congratulate Deputy O'Shea on a very strong election result. I wish him well in his term of office. I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 11 together. The programme for Government, in which the Deputy had a role in negotiations, commits to supporting the sporting ecosystem so that more people can participate in and reap the benefits of sport and fulfil their potential from grassroots...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I am committed to developing an academy structure, but we must be very clear about how we step it out, ensuring it is impactful and there is a clear plan and direction of travel in place for that journey.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Byrne and congratulate her on her election and her spokespersonship. In response to the question, the programme for Government, as the Deputy knows, includes a commitment to explore new mechanisms for the creation of football academies with the FAI and the League of Ireland. My Department has provided additional funding to the FAI to enable it to produce a report on...