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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)
Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister of State, and I look forward to the application process. He said that the Government's fundamental aim in its national sports policy is to increase the levels of participation in sport and physical activity across the population. This has a specific focus on less represented groups, including women and girls. A lot of good progress has been made in Sligo, and I want to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: In the national sports policy, we outlined an aim to double Exchequer funding for sport by 2027. In this regard, it is my firm belief that money spent on sport should be viewed as an investment that will reap a variety of dividends over a long period for all communities. In the first half of the ten-year lifespan of the national sports policy, there has been clear progress in sports...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 10.56 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 6 Márta 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 10.56 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 6 March 2024.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)
Sports Facilities
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)
Frank Feighan: Applications are eagerly anticipated for the large-scale sports infrastructure fund by regional sporting organisations. I am trying to find out when the Minister expects this fund to open. Sport plays a huge role in people's lives and one such sports club is Sligo Rovers Football Club in my area. The Acting Chair will know how important it is to the community. It is a community-based...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely, the large-scale sport infrastructure fund, LSSIF, and the sports capital and equipment programme, SCEP. Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven and, as the Deputy can imagine, there is significant...