Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the difficulty in accessing funding under Action 23 of the National Sports Policy 2018 to 2027 (details supplied); the actions that have been taken by her Department to give practical effect to Action 23 of the 2018 to 2027 National Sports Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27678/24]

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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My department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF).

While the National Sports Policy contains the aim referred to in the question, the issue needs to be considered in the context of the completion of a planned roll-out this year and next of a national network of Local Sports Plans in each local authority area. Any consideration of a new funding stream requires the comprehensive outline of the nature, extent and geographical scope of the potential sports and recreation facilities, infrastructure, programmes and services requirements countrywide which will be captured by the Local Sports Plans, as well the overall resources available to the department.