Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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728.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide funding to increase training facilities in participation in canoe slalom.[34508/24]

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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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. Grants are available to sports clubs, voluntary and community groups, national governing bodies of sport, and local authorities. Full details of the programme and the type of projects funded can be found at www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie.

The National Sports Policy, which was published in 2018, provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The aim of the LSSIF is to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects where the Exchequer investment would be greater than the maximum amount available under the SCEP.

It is open to any organisation with a suitable project to apply for funding under either of these programmes when they are again opened for applications.

A separate tax relief scheme for donations to sports clubs may be used by any sports club or organisations to assist in funding the acquisition of land or a building, developing facilities or purchasing fixed non-personal equipment for sports activities, or repaying a loan for any of these purposes. More information in this regard can be found at www.revenue.ie.