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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (10 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport and physical activity are hugely important to our collective wellbeing and health, so it is in our national interest to promote increased participation in sport and activity at all levels, locally and nationally. Availability and ease of access to sports facilities, whether in a club setting, on public lands or in other amenity areas, is a key factor in drawing more people to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130, 131, 132 and 133 together. 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. Tuigtear dom go bhfuil cúrsaí pleanála mar mhír sheasta ar...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (8 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In order to foster language acquisition and enrichment opportunities in the Gaeltacht outside of the post-primary education system for learners of the language, the Department provides a subsidy under Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge/the Irish Language Learners Scheme (SFG) payable to qualifying Gaeltacht households providing accommodation for those attending an Irish course in any...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The development of football academies is fundamentally a matter for the FAI, which, like all National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs), is an independent, autonomous body that is responsible for the organisation and development of its own sport, including player development. While the FAI has sought significant State funding to support its academies' development plans, it is important to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (8 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Funding not exceeding €15,000 was approved in June 2022 to enable Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh to prepare a Language Plan for that area of Uíbh Ráthaigh that is situated outside the official Gaeltacht boundaries and outside the Gaeltacht Service Town of Cahersiveen. This grant was approved in line with the commitment made in the Government’s 2018-2022 Action...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Apr 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), formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the programme, a review of the current...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (8 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ó tharla sonraí na ceiste bheith i nGaeilge, tabharfaidh mé an freagra i nGaeilge. Tá an Rialtas seo tiomanta an Ghaeilge a chosaint agus a chur chun cinn ar fud an oileáin, agus tá gealltanais déanta againn ina leith sa Chlár Rialtais. Tá sé soiléir le ceapadh Aire Sinsearach Gaeltachta go bhfuil an rialtas tiomanta spriocanna an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Apr 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 representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. With regard to the club referred to by the Deputy, an email issued to the club on 12 March 2025 setting out the information required to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (3 Apr 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). In 2024 €173 million was allocated from the LSSIF while over a quarter of a billion euros was allocated to community sports clubs and facilities from the CSFF. This funding represents the largest-ever investment...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (2 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Major international sports events can increase sporting participation, encourage domestic and international tourism and also promote Ireland as a destination for education and business opportunities. They present a wonderful opportunity to showcase Ireland and our world-class tourism and sports offering to Europe and the world. The Government continues to support the hosting of major sports...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (1 Apr 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The club referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) for dugouts, training and playing equipment and received a provisional allocation of €8,000 which included funding for mobile dugouts. Subsequently the club received formal approval having submitted the necessary documentation. CSFF applicants who own the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The recent Programme for Government included a commitment to restore Scéim na mBóithre Áise. However, no mechanism has been put in place for this as of yet. The re-establishment of the scheme will, of course, depend on money being made available through the Estimates Process for this purpose for the coming years and the Deputy will be aware that negotiations on the 2026...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 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 (CSFF), 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (27 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department currently provides funding of €330,000 per annum to Údarás na Gaeltachta who are responsible for administering the Summer Camp Scheme in the Gaeltacht on behalf of the Department. The funding provided by my Department for the scheme benefits over 6,000 children who attend over 200 approved camps in the Gaeltacht each year. My Department has also made funding...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF), which was established on foot of the National Sports Policy 2018 - 2027, provides funding for large sports facility projects requiring investment beyond the scope of the funding limits under the Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme). The total investment under the LSSIF since 2020 amounts to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP), representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. To date over 890 of the allocations made in 2024 have progressed to formal approval stage...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. This included a grant of €145,343 to the club referred to by the Deputy. The deadline for CSFF appeals was 29 October 2024 and at this juncture...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Mar 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 programmes. With the exception of its High Performance Programme, Sport Ireland does not provide direct funding for clubs or individuals but instead...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Údarás na Gaeltachta is the body under the aegis of my Department responsible for the economic, linguistic, social and cultural development of the Gaeltacht. The body's latest End of Year Statement illustrates the progress made in linking the Irish language with the development of the Gaeltacht during 2024. A total of 869 new jobs were created in Údarás client...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (20 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government's 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 contains a commitment to examine the feasibility of introducing a voluntary code for bilingual labelling and packaging of all goods sold in Ireland, as a mechanism to develop the range of areas available in which people can choose Irish as a language of exchange. In this context, Foras na Gaeilge, through its ‘Gnó...