Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 June 2023
89. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will confirm how much money has been allocated to soccer clubs, sporting clubs (details supplied) and rugby clubs under the sports capital grant for the past four rounds of grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28911/23]
View answer90. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amounts of funding allocated to soccer clubs and soccer organisations around the country through the sports capital funding programme, by year since its inception, in tabular form. [28629/23]
View answer91. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amounts of funding allocated to rugby clubs and rugby organisations around the country through the sports capital funding programme, by year since its inception, in tabular form. [28630/23]
View answer92. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amounts of funding allocated to athletics clubs and athletics organisations around the country through the sports capital funding programme by year since its inception, in tabular form. [28631/23]
View answer93. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amounts of funding allocated to boxing clubs and boxing organisations around the country through the sports capital funding programme by year since its inception, in tabular form. [28632/23]
View answer94. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount of funding provided by the State to a sporting body (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2023, in tabular form. [28647/23]
View answer95. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount of funding provided by the State to a sporting body (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2023, in tabular form. [28648/23]
View answer96. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount of funding provided by the State to a sporting body (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2023, in tabular form. [28649/23]
View answer97. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount of funding provided by the State to a sporting body (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2023, in tabular form. [28650/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 89 to 97, inclusive, together.
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 to sporting organisations across its various programmes.
I have accordingly referred the Deputy's questions to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to funding provided by Sport Ireland to the sporting organisations mentioned by the Deputy. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.
In relation to capital funding, the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The first sports capital grants were provided in the early 1970's and responsibility for such grants has rested in various Government Departments in the interim period. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme for Government commits to continuing the SCEP and to prioritising investment in disadvantaged areas.
A list of all allocations under SCEP rounds since 2000 is published on my Department's website at: - www.gov.ie/en/collection/471ed5-sports-capital-allocations/. In addition, following the most recent rounds of the Programme, a Review has been published. These Reviews include, inter alia, statistical information on the breakdown of allocations. The 2020 Review was published last month and can be found at the following link:-
www.gov.ie/en/publication/84105-review-of-sports-capital-and-equipment-programme-2020/
Furthermore, the National Sports Policy was published in 2018 and provided for the establishment of a Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The first call for proposals under the LSSIF closed in 2019 with applications confined to local authorities and National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of Sport. All applications were assessed in accordance with the published Evaluation Procedures and Guidelines and the first allocations were announced in January 2020. Thus far, approximately €86.4 million has been awarded to 33 different proposals. Full details of all allocations are available at:- www.gov.ie/en/service/4113b3-large-scale-sport-infrastructure-fund-lssif/
