Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 807: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the financial support that is available from local authorities to a sports club that wishes to employ a development officer co-funded by the sports own governing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38533/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Special funding of €2.5 million was allocated from the Dormant Accounts Fund for the appointment of 20 Sports Inclusion Development Officers (SIDO's) in Local Sports Partnerships in 2008. While my Department has an overall management and administrative role in relation to the Dormant Accounts Fund, the management of individual priority measures is a matter for the relevant lead Department. The Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism are the lead Department with regard to this measure and the employment of Sports Inclusion Development Officers is a matter for that Department.