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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Capital Expenditure Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: 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 inform...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (8 Sep 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In February 2024 the Government agreed a range of funding allocations of more than €800 million to affirm its commitment to work with the Northern Ireland Executive, and with the UK Government, to make cross-border investments that will make the island of Ireland a better place to live for all who call it home. This is evidence of our commitment to Strand 2 of the Good Friday...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. Provisional allocations to equipment-only projects were announced on 16 May 2024 and applicants were advised that they should...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), benefitting over forty sports, as well as multi-sport facilities, throughout the country. This represents the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Capital support for new swimming pools, and the refurbishment of existing pools, is provided by my Department through the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) which has allocated €28.9 million to date to 9 swimming pool projects. This includes funding support for a swimming pool project in County Wicklow, the ‘Wicklow Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre’ at Station...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including how the distribution of funds to National Governing Bodies of sport for high performance sport is administered. I have no role in this process and have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to this matter. I would ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including programming such as its high performance strategy and athlete development. I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to this matter. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including programming such as its high performance strategy and athlete development. I have no role in this matter and have accordingly 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 Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s first National Swimming Strategy sets out a vision to provide everyone in our country with an opportunity to swim. It includes an Action Plan containing over 50 actions across five thematic strands, focusing on providing improved facilities, increasing access for people with disabilities, improving the culture of inclusion, addressing challenges in recruiting and retaining...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the CSFF, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Swimming Pools (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s first National Swimming Strategy sets out a vision to provide everyone in our country with an opportunity to swim. It includes an Action Plan containing over 50 actions across five thematic strands, focusing on providing improved facilities, increasing access for people with disabilities, improving the culture of inclusion, better coaching supports, increasing safety...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government sets out an ambitious future for sport in Ireland where equality of access and opportunity is a key theme. Inclusion and diversity is an absolute priority for me in my role as Minister for Sport. The Sports Action Plan 2024-2027 contains a commitment to increase participation in sport among those with a long-term illness or disability to 40% by 2027. Despite...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Media (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The National Counter Disinformation Strategy (NCDS) was published on 17 April 2025. It was developed on foot of recommendation 8.8 of the Future of Media Commission which called for coordinated and strategic action to combat the damaging impact of disinformation on Irish society. The Strategy sets out 9 commitments and 36 actions to help counter the problem. The importance of public...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), benefitting over forty sports, as well as multi-sport facilities, throughout the country. This represents the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the Community Sports Facility Fund (CSFF). The GAA submitted an application for funding support to a number of projects, including the Louth GAA stadium development, under LSSIF...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), benefitting over forty sports, as well as multi-sport facilities, throughout the country. This represents the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not a requirement for applicants to the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) to have existing grants drawn down before they can apply for funding under subsequent CSFF rounds. However, timely progress of projects and drawdown of allocations is certainly a goal under CSFF and, under the most recent (2023) round which saw allocations made in 2024, successful applicants have been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (17 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The Department has not received applications for funding toward pop-up pools in the past year.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (17 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2021 Swim Ireland was awarded funding for a pop-up pool and the ancillary equipment for another pop-up pool as part of the Sport Ireland Targeted Equipment (SITE) scheme . Any question is relation to the pool should be directed to Swim Ireland, the National Governing Body (NGB) for swimming. All NGBs are independent, autonomous bodies and as such, are responsible for their own governance...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (17 Jul 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP) was launched in 2016 and sought to increase physical activity levels across the population. An independent review of the NPAP was conducted in 2021 and it found the majority of its actions had either been fully or partially completed. The review also made a series of recommendations to further enhance the promotion of physical...