Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 February 2024
239. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider providing support to a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9237/24]
View answerIn October 2023 the Government established the Emergency Business Flooding and the Enhanced Emergency Business Flooding schemes as a contribution for damage caused by flooding in the period resulting from severe weather conditions. The schemes provided a one-off emergency humanitarian grant contribution towards the costs of returning business premises and community, voluntary, and sporting bodies to their pre-flood condition including the replacement of flooring, fixtures and fittings and damaged stock.
My Department has communicated that in the event that sports clubs and facilities cannot adequately benefit from the existing aid schemes and/or insurance payments, it will engage with sports clubs to ensure that facilities impacted by such severe weather are available again for sporting use.
My Department will make contact with the club referred to by the Deputy to consider the matter further.
