Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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951. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the means by which the Government will ensure sustained and increased investment in Gaelic games infrastructure, particularly in rural and underserved communities, to maximise their social and economic impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58545/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government commits to maintaining sports funding to get more people participating in all levels of sport, particularly targeting cohorts in society where there are lower than average participation levels. My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF).

CSFF provides grants to assist in the development or refurbishment of sports facilities and the provision of sports equipment. The objectives of the Fund are to:

• assist voluntary and community organisations, national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport, local authorities and Education and Training Boards and schools to develop high quality, accessible, safe, well-designed, sustainable facilities in appropriate locations and to provide appropriate equipment to help maximise participation in sport and physical recreation
• prioritise the needs of disadvantaged areas and groups (such as people with disabilities) in the provision of sports facilities
• increase female participation in sport
• encourage the sharing of sports facilities

• Increase active participation in sport (including female participation) and the quality of that participation
• Increase social participation in sport and the quality of that participation
• Improve high performance in sport
• Increase active participation by those with a disability
• Provide Similar Access to facilities to all.