Conor McGuinness (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding schemes available to support soccer clubs (details supplied) to improve their facilities. [3610/25]

Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF), and soccer clubs can apply for funding under either programme, when open, dependent on the scale and scope of funding sought.

Cumulative investment from the LSSIF since 2020 now stands at €297 million, while over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 under the latest round of the CSFF. This funding represents the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland.

In line with previous rounds of the CSFF a review of the current funding round will be undertaken and that review will inform the details of the next round.