Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he is liaising with the office for integration; if he has developed a policy to ensure funding criteria, together with those of his Department's subsidiary bodies to actively promote integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33767/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister for Integration, in his statement, Migration Nation, announced that new funding lines would be established to promote integration. One of these was for sporting bodies. I understand the Minister will be in contact shortly in this regard with a number of these bodies to assist them to reach out to newcomers and get them involved in sport as part of their overall integration into Irish society.

I am very conscious of the importance of this objective and the Department will make every effort to contribute in a co-ordinated way to the promotion of integration in delivering the range of services within its remit.