Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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397. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport when the capital funding programmes for sport, specifically the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF), will open for applications; the way clubs can engage with this fund in advance of applications opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29541/26]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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In line with previous rounds of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), a review of the current funding round has been undertaken and will be finalised shortly. It is anticipated that the next CSFF round will particularly target areas and sports that have been under-invested in over the years. My department is aiming to announce the opening of applications in the first half of this year.

The Department is currently collating feedback from sporting clubs and organisations and this provides valuable input to our ongoing preparations for the next round. New guidelines will be published in advance of the opening of the next round which will include eligibility and likely assessment criteria for the next round. My aim is to have as many eligible sporting bodies as possible applying, by simplifying the application process and guide and carrying out a wide-reaching communications and engagement campaign.

All registered organisations on my Department's grant management system will be automatically notified when a new round of CSFF is open for applications.