Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 February 2021
69. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6137/21]
View answerMinister Catherine Martin and I announced the allocation of an €85 million funding support package for the Irish sport sector in November and December.
The funding, which was allocated by Sport Ireland, will address the existential threat to National Governing Bodies and their club networks, allowing sports organisations to offset significant losses incurred and add a semblance of certainty to their planning for 2021.
The funding package includes COVID-19 funding of €70 million, to provide support for the three main field sports organisations (the FAI, GAA and IRFU), a Resilience Fund to support the National Governing Bodies of Sport, a Sports Club Resilience Fund to support clubs, and a Sports Restart and Renewal Fund.
In total, €2.83 million was allocated to Golf Ireland (formerly the Confederation of Golf in Ireland), comprising €2.7 million under the NGB Resilience Fund, €30,000 under the Sports Restart and Renewal Fund and €100,000 under the Sports Club Resilience Fund.
Funding for individual clubs under the Sports Club Resilience Fund is being delivered directly by the National Governing Bodies through programmes established by each of the National Governing Bodies in receipt of funding. I have no role in the process.
The club mentioned by the Deputy should contact Golf Ireland in relation to the status of their application.
