Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate funding for the grants to support sport in disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1559/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The funding referred to by the Deputy relates to funding provided through the Dormant Accounts Fund for the appointment of Sports Inclusion Disability Officers (SIDOs) in Local Sports Partnerships.

Any funding secured from the Dormant Accounts Fund is clearly time bound and the SIDO appointments were made on that basis. In 2010, the Irish Sports Council agreed a funding mechanism to ensure the continuation of the SIDO scheme beyond the dormant accounts funding. This funding is part of an overall package of funding for the Local Sports Partnership network.