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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horse Racing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The organisation referred to by the Deputy was provisionally allocated grant funding of €347,490 under the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund. My Department has been in contact with the organisation and formal approval was granted for this funding on 20 August 2025.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Since Minister O’Donovan’s appointment as Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport and my appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for Sport and Postal Policy, we have met with many sporting organisations, including the GAA. The topic referred to by the Deputy has not been raised at any meetings with the GAA or other Gaelic games organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (8 Sep 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, which to date has allocated €28.9 million to 9 swimming pool projects. No application for a swimming pool in Kildare town was made to the Department under LSSIF 2024. Ireland’s first National Swimming Strategy sets...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) 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.  The Programme for Government commits to continuing the CSFF and to prioritising investment in disadvantaged areas.   Over a quarter of a billion euro was...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The organisation referred to by the Deputy was allocated €6,000 for equipment under the 2015 Sports Capital and Equipment Programme and €5,895 of this allocation was paid to the organisation in 2016. The organisation was also allocated €32,165 and €43,089, under the 2018 and 2020 rounds of the programme respectively, toward the replacement the Main Sports Hall...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF), formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment.  Under the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund €8,249,149 was allocated to 87 sporting projects in Westmeath while...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1078 and 1083 together. Sport Ireland is the authority tasked with the development of sport in Ireland including participation, high performance, anti-doping, coaching and the development of the Sport Ireland Campus. Sport Ireland distributes funding to the bodies referred to in the question, namely the GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA),...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The club referred to by the Deputy was successful in a number of applications under the Community Sport Facilities Fund, formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme. The club was allocated €45,000 in 2017 and €26,333 in 2020. Both allocations are substantially drawn down and the amounts remaining are €2,250 and €1,317 for the 2017 and 2020 allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (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. It also has responsibility for the allocation of funding across its various programmes, including, in this case, to Basketball Ireland, the National Governing Body for basketball in Ireland.  Over the...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Inclusion in participation in sport at various levels is an important focus for my Department which makes funding available for a range of inclusion initiatives. This is done primarily through Sport Ireland, the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport. Age and Opportunity is one such body that benefits from such funding through Sport Ireland. It received...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by this Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport. It works to assist National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) to develop sustainable and effective structures with the aim of increasing the number of participants and volunteers in sport and ensuring long term sustainability of NGBs. Sport Ireland invests in NGBs in...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1086 and 1087 together. Sport Ireland, which is funded by this Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including the allocation of funding across its various programmes. Sport Ireland does not provide direct funding for clubs or individuals but channels the funding through the relevant National Governing...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF), formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment.  Under previous rounds of the programme, the club referred to by the Deputy was awarded €15,863 in 2018 for a storage shed and...

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

Charlie McConalogue: The investment of income from player transfers is fundamentally a matter for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and its affiliate clubs. My Department has no role in the matter.

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

Charlie McConalogue: Decisions about financial support to players of a sport are ultimately matters for the National Governing Bodies of those sports, in this case the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association. Sport Ireland distributed €5.6 million in 2024 in respect of the Government Support for Inter County Gaelic Games in addition to the annual investment in Games Development. This funding is payable to...

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: 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...