Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding and the heading under which it was granted to organisations (details supplied) in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [7541/23]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding and the heading under which it was granted to organisations (details supplied) by Sport Ireland in 2021, 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form. [7542/23]

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together.

I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to the funding it has allocated to the organisations mentioned. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

In relation to capital funding provided by my Department, the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998, bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. A list of all allocations under all recent rounds of the SCEP is published on my Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/471ed5-sports-capital-allocations/.

In addition, the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was launched in 2018 to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects where the amount sought is greater than the maximum grant available under the SCEP. The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 and, thus far, approximately €86.4 million has been awarded to 33 different proposals. The projects that received provisional allocations and the amounts provisionally awarded to them are published on the Department's website at .

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the works that have been completed to date under the €700 thousand awarded to Drogheda under Fáilte Ireland’s urban animation capital investment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7702/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My Department's role in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy and implementation of that policy is a matter for the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, as well as certain other bodies.

With specific regard to the development of tourism product offerings such as the Urban Animation Capital Investment Scheme, these are operational matters for Fáilte Ireland in line with its tourism development functions. I have referred this question to them for direct response to the Deputy. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grant funding is available to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7744/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The funding streams in my Department are not designed to specifically support the research area referred to by the Deputy.

However, the Deputy should note that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth provides an annual grant to Holocaust Education Ireland to support the national Holocaust Memorial Day.