Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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720.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34089/24]

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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The National Sports Policy was published on 25 July 2018 and provided for a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The aim of the fund is to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects. These are projects where the Exchequer investment would be greater than the maximum amount available under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP).

In April this year, Minister Martin and I announced funding of up to €120 million under the current 2024 round of the LSSIF which closed for applications on 1 July 2024. Assessment of applications, for funding of between €600,000 and €30 million, will take into account such factors as population size, sustainability and ensuring that similar access is provided to accommodate access by men and women to LSSIF-funded facilities.

The initial assessment of LSSIF applications, including the application referred to by the deputy, is now underway and it is clear that this round of the LSSIF has generated significantly more applications and a much higher volume of demand than the first round.