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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...

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

Charlie McConalogue: We have seen great momentum and great attendances in recent times in the League of Ireland. There was a great example recently in the Aviva Stadium, with 33,000 people attending. I want to work with the FAI and all in grassroots football to build on that momentum in order to make sure that right across the country the support and development opportunities are there for young children to get...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I see real potential here as to how we can develop an academy system. Obviously, we have to make sure we develop it in a way that is sustainable and makes the biggest impact. The plans are not there yet as to how exactly that would work. I want to see how they would work. We have given some funding to the FAI to do an audit and to put an administrator in place, to see how we can step that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government sets out an ambitious future for sport in Ireland where equality of access and opportunity is paramount to everything we do. The need to catalogue sports facilities to address shortages in areas that are currently underserved was first raised in the National Sports Policy 2018 – 2027, which recognised the importance of having an up-to-date database of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established under the National Sports Policy, published on 25 July 2018, to provide exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the Community Sport Facilities Fund. The total investment in the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund currently stands at...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government 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 developing football academies. This will include a baseline audit of existing academy structures and needs, which will inform the development...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Údarás na Gaeltachta has informed me that the organisation is focusing on four main strategic objectives to develop Gaeltacht tourism. The first strategic objective is to support private and community-based enterprises in developing high-end slow tourism experiences that encourage longer stays and higher spending while preserving authentic cultural and linguistic heritage. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Government funding in support of the League of Ireland is delivered through two main channels. Programme funding for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), which is primarily aimed at supporting the delivery of programmes at local level, is directed via Sports Ireland while capital grants are allocated to individual clubs under my Department's two key capital funding programmes, the...