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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In March, Minister Catherine Martin and I announced a record investment of almost €30 million in core funding support to sporting organisations, through Sport Ireland, for 2024. This funding will ensure that sporting organisations can continue to provide valuable opportunities for everyone to participate in sport. Investment in the network of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) has...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In the context of my Department’s role in coordinating the implementation of the Government’s Action Plan for the Irish Language (Plean Gníomhaíochta 2018-2022), the fourth annual progress report on its ongoing implementation on behalf of Government was published in December 2023. The plan itself was first published in 2018 in order to accelerate and better...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (18 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department is committed to promoting and supporting the Irish language outside of the Gaeltacht. In this context, a fund known as ‘Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge’ (‘Irish Language Support Schemes’) is in place for many years now with the aim of fostering and promoting the Irish language outside the Gaeltacht. The projects for which funding has been...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Any organisation seeking information regarding a grant under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme can contact the Sports Capital Division of my Department via email at: sportscapitalprogrammes@tcagsm.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na Gaeltachta (17 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Ar 28 Meitheamh 2023, d'fhógair mé go raibh conradh bronnta ar an gcomhlacht, Barr Feabhais Teo., chun athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcéad 10 bplean teanga a ceadaíodh faoi réir Acht na Gaeltachta 2012. Cinnteoidh an tionscnamh seo, a bhfuil buiséad suas le €92,500 á chur ar fáil ina leith, go ndéanfar athbhreithniú...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (17 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Before the Department and Government commits public monies to supporting the hosting of a major sports event in Ireland, a significant range of factors needs to be taken into account. These factors include the projected cost to the State, the expected economic benefits accruing to the State, and the proposed event’s capacity to contribute to wider policy objectives, such as increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga, through the allocation of Irish language assistants to schools, provides support to teachers in primary and post-primary schools through the organisation of language acquisition and enrichment activities and opportunities for pupils. In 2022, Muintearas Teo. was allocated €4.039m over a three year period for the provision of these...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Lottery (16 Apr 2024)

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 (11 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, including an application from the organisation referred to by the Deputy, exceeds...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven. The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The National Sports Policy published in 2018 provided for the establishment of the LSSIF. The aim of the fund is to provide support for larger sports facilities where the Exchequer investment is greater than the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department currently operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The schemes do not provide funding for worker accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department’s direct role in relation to swimming pools is primarily related to providing capital support for the development of such facilities. The day-to-day management of public swimming pools is a matter for the operators of the facilities themselves. In relation to my Department's responsibilities, capital funding for swimming pools was previously provided through the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, including the application referred to by the Deputy, exceeds the record number...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 557 together. Major sports events have the potential to deliver a range of benefits including increased participation in sport and physical activity, increased trade and tourism activity, and boosting national and community pride and wellbeing. Whether my Department, or the wider Government, supports the hosting of a major sports event in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, which includes an application from the club referenced by the Deputy, exceeds the record number submitted under the last...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, including one from the club referred to by the Deputy, exceeds the record number...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications, including one from the project referred to by the Deputy, exceeds the record...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Horse Racing Industry (20 Mar 2024)

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. Sport Ireland channels the funding through the relevant National Governing Body of sport. Sport Ireland allocates its funding for equestrian...