Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the development status of facilities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12213/22]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the National Digital Database of Sport and Recreation Facilities, currently being developed by Sport Ireland, is entering phase 2 of its development. The project aims to collect authoritative data on Sport and Recreation Amenities, provide clear and concise information to the public and facilitate national and local policies. This database will be a digital portal, which will provide a base registry of sports and recreation amenities in Ireland. It will also provide improved data quality and data management for stakeholders; meet open data requirements (EU Directive July 2021) as well as access to additional data from other stakeholders and sources. The database will also provide tools for audits, condition surveys and assessment as well as options for public feedback for live reporting on conditions or issues.

This is a major, multi-annual project involving the integration of multiple datasets. It is the aim to have it substantially completed around the end of 2023.   

Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements between organisations (details supplied) regarding the expansion of the National Database of Sport and Recreation Amenities to an all-island basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12214/22]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The creation of a National Digital Database of Sport and Recreation facilities is a multi-phased development project, led by Sport Ireland, that allows for expansion to all-island coverage. Some data will already cover the 32 counties, particularly information on clubs from National Governing Bodies who operate on an all-island basis. The Sport Ireland project development team is working with relevant agencies in Northern Ireland to harmonise data models, in order to allow for data sharing and to explore opportunities for further collaboration in future phases.

Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the examination of including the location of defibrillators in in the National Database of Sport and Recreation Amenities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12215/22]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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A key principle of the National Digital Database project, the development of which is being led by Sport Ireland, is the necessity to source and accept data from authoritative sources, in order to ensure the accuracy, reliability and sustainability of the system and its data. Such sources include, in particular, Local Authorities, State Agencies and National Governing Bodies of Sport. There has been initial engagement with the bodies who collect information on defibrillators in Ireland and best efforts are being made to show defibrillator coverage across the country. The integrity and accuracy of the data provided will be made a priority to ensure information provided is valuable to users.