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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Brian Leddin: I agree with the previous speaker on the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. There is a question on that fund coming up and I would like to contribute on that as well, if I may. I reiterate the importance of the sports capital programme for our communities. If we were not investing as we are and have been over a number of years, that counterfactual scenario would not be very...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I am glad Deputy Leddin mentioned the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. As Deputy Leddin, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and some other Deputies will be aware, the redevelopment at Walsh Park in Waterford was one of the biggest recipients of sport funding in the country in living memory. Some €7.7 million was allocated to Walsh Park for the redevelopment of the stadium....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Question No. 8 taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Brendan Smith: I compliment the Minister and the Minister of State on rolling out a very comprehensive sports capital programme. It is to be hoped those applications can be processed and approved at the earliest possible date. We are all aware of the huge commitment of the many volunteers in our sporting clubs across all disciplines throughout the country. People work very hard to provide coaching...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as a phost nua. He will not die of shock when I once again bring up the case of Dundalk FC. As regards soccer, things are not going particularly well for us at present but we will hopefully see a turnaround in the near future. The League of Ireland is absolutely flying. Dundalk FC has submitted a regional sports capital application that...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy will get a chance to come back in.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: -----that is closely looking at ladies' football and all the added costs related to that.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: This is not like ladies' football.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for the work they are doing in the Department and the support they have given to clubs throughout the country in the past number of years. I expect that will continue. This is about more than sport and competition because every one of these clubs are so knitted into the fabric of our communities. They are so important in the co-benefits they...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Thomas Byrne: The Deputies have all raised issues that are dear to my heart and, I am sure, dear to the heart of the Minister. A lot of work has been done over recent weeks in discussing with the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, what the outlook will be. I think the outlook will be positive but I caution that there is a lot of work to do in the Department on the assessment of applications. The most important...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for a very comprehensive layout of the proposals. The point I will mention in passing is that due to the hold-up during Covid, many clubs had work in hand that they were not able to complete. A provision has already been made in relation to that. Will it be borne in mind that there may still be a number of clubs that have not been able to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I again advocate for the regions with regard to large-scale projects. He is familiar with the project we are working on in County Cavan. It will be multi-sport and will cater for many sporting disciplines. As the Minister of State is well aware, there are no major sporting centres between counties Sligo and Dublin and Belfast and Galway. A...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome what the Minister of State said. Assessment on the basis of disadvantage is obviously a necessity. A number of the clubs I mentioned fall into that bracket, as do the kids that go to them. If I were to name every club, or even every club in disadvantaged areas in Dundalk, we would be here for a considerable time. I should have mentioned Clann Naofa Boxing Club, where I boxed...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their great work. Many clubs throughout the country are eagerly waiting for the sporting grants. There are far too many of those clubs in my constituency to mention. However, the one area I am very interested in is the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. I represent Sligo Rovers in the north west. I was in Tallaght Stadium last Friday...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Bernard Durkan: 7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when an announcement in respect of financial assistance for sporting organisations is anticipated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16936/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Brendan Smith: 13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date in rolling out the most recently announced sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16979/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on this year's sports capital grants and a timeline on when decisions will be made; if she will outline future funding plans for large-scale sports infrastructure funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16984/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Niamh Smyth: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital grants for 2024 will be announced for clubs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16701/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)
Cathal Crowe: 39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects the sports capital grants to be announced. [16691/24]