Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend on the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. [40450/18]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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The 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.

It is intended that the Fund will be for larger projects where the proposed Government contribution exceeds the amount currently available for individual projects under the Sports Capital Programme. The fund will initially focus on the National Governing Bodies of Sport and Local Authorities. The detailed terms and conditions of the new scheme are currently being finalised in my Department.

There is no funding provided for the programme in 2018 and there has been no spend under the programme to date. The amounts to be provided in 2019 and subsequently will be decided in the context of the annual estimates process.