Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to his reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 102 and 103 of 11 October 2007; if the National Sports Council has received confirmation that the organisation in question is in fact affiliated to the relevant recognised international sporting federation; and if their request for recognition as a sport will now be reconsidered. [26018/07]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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In my reply to Question No. 554 on 26th September, I informed the Deputy that the Irish Sports Council (ISC) eligibility committee had decided that the organisation's application did not comply with a number of essential eligibility criteria for recognition as a National Governing Body (NGB) of sport.

I am informed by the ISC that it received correspondence last week confirming that the organisation in question is affiliated to its international federation, one of the criteria required for recognition purposes.

My Department has no role in the assessment of applications for recognition as an NGB. That responsibility rests with the Irish Sports Council under its statutory remit. Therefore, the organisation is advised to liaise with the ISC in relation to any possible reconsideration of its application for NGB status.