Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
297. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which a new large-scale sport infrastructure fund will open for prospective applicants. [43006/21]
View answerThe National Sports Policy was published in 2018 and provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF); the National Development Plan provided a capital allocation of at least €100m for the Fund over the period to 2027.
The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 and, thus far, approximately €86.4m has been awarded to 33 different proposals. The immediate priority is to advance all of these projects. As it is now approximately 19 months since the first allocations were made, and in view of the issues faced by grantees as a result of the Covid pandemic, it is timely to review progress on all current projects. As part of this review, my Department is also considering the timing of any new call for proposals and it is expected that the review will be completed in the coming months.
