Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of payments of sports capital grants to Dublin in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53468/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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A total of €25,169,771 was drawn down by successful applicants in Dublin in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 under the Community Sports Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme).

Details of these and all CSFF payments made to clubs are available on the Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/collections/sports-capital-programmes-payments/

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that Sport Ireland provided to organisations in Dublin over the past three years, in tabular form. [53469/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards. It also has responsibility for the allocation of funding across its various programmes.

I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to this matter. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Sport Ireland is considering increasing the grants to athletes under the international carding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53470/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards. It also has responsibility for the allocation of funding across its various programmes, including the Sport Ireland International Carding Scheme.

I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to this matter. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to continue the large-scale sports infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53471/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established under the National Sports Policy, published on 25 July 2018, to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the then-Sports Capital & Equipment Programme, now known as the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF).

The aim of the LSSIF is to provide investment in sporting infrastructure that will reinforce the Department’s stated sporting objectives such as increasing active participation in sport, including female participation and participation by those with a disability as well as increasing social participation and improving high performance in sport.

Under the second round of the LSSIF, grants totalling €173 million, benefiting 35 individual projects, were announced on 4 November 2024. With this announcement, the cumulative committed investment from the LSSIF since 2020 stands at €297 million.

My current focus is on ensuring project delivery under the first two rounds of the LSSIF, 2018 and 2024, and this process will inform any decisions regarding the timing of a future round. The timing will also be considered in the context of the determining the detailed spending allocations within my Department under the National Development Plan as recently agreed by Government.

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body for which he has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened for which a sporting organisation is eligible to apply for, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53472/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Sporting organisations can apply directly for CSFF; applications to the LSSIF must be made through either a NGB or Local Authority.

Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the CSFF, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the programme, a review of the current funding round is being undertaken and that review will inform the timing of the next round of the CSFF. However, I would anticipate that the next round should be announced in 2026.

In 2024, the second round of LSSIF received an unprecedented demand for funding. On 4 November 2024, grants totalling €173 million were awarded to 35 projects. As a result of the significant demand, a range of valid applications did not receive an LSSIF allocation at the initial allocation stage.

My current focus is on ensuring project delivery under the first two rounds of the LSSIF, 2018 and 2024, and this process will inform any decisions regarding the timing of a future round. The timing will also be considered in the context of the determining the detailed spending allocations within my Department under the National Development Plan as recently agreed by Government.

Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various funding programmes. I have accordingly referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to funding supports. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase funding for high-performance coaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53474/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards. It also has responsibility for the allocation of funding across its various programmes, including the high performance programme.

I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to this matter. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.