Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the availability of funding for the development of a project (details supplied). [23639/18]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The recently published National Development Plan (NDP) contains a commitment to establish a new “Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund” (LSSIF) with at least €100 million available over the coming years. My officials are currently drafting the terms and conditions of the new scheme.

My officials are also engaging with relevant stakeholders on the proposed terms and conditions of the new scheme. It is intended that the Fund will be for larger projects, such as that referenced by the Deputy, where the proposed Government contribution exceeds the amount currently available for individual projects under the Sports Capital Programme. It will be open to the promoters of this project to apply for funding once the new scheme is launched later this year.

There is no funding provided for the programme in 2018. The amounts to be provided in 2019 and 2020 will be decided in the context of the annual estimates for each year respectively.

An announcement in relation to when applications will be accepted will be made once the terms and conditions are finalised.