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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring System and Assessment Manual" for the 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven. The National Sports Policy published in 2018 provided for the establishment of the LSSIF. The aim of the fund is to provide support for larger sports facilities...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan 2021-2025 provides a clear roadmap of how we can continue to work together to bring about good health, access to services, healthy environments, and the promotion of resilience and to ensure that everyone can enjoy physical and mental, health and wellbeing, to their full potential. The Action plan and associated funding comes under the remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Chairs of the Expert Advisory Committees each provided an update to me on 23 February 2024 to indicate that they are in the process of finalising their Reviews. The Review of Governance and Culture will shortly undergo the necessary fact-checking processes, as well as the processes necessary to ensure that fair procedures have been followed. It is expected that these processes will take...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: 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. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: 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 latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. As is set out in the SCEP 2023: Guide to making an Application , the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: 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 latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. As is set out in the SCEP 2023: Guide to making an Application , the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: 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. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: 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. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring System and Assessment Manual" for the 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: 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. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 254, inclusive, together. Ireland has been chosen to host the Ryder Cup in 2027 at Adare Manor in County Limerick. On 26 July 2019, after an extended period of consideration and negotiation, including an assessment of the costs and benefits, the Government approved: (i) an offer to the European Tour for the event of up to €31 million which...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Clár Caipitil Spóirt (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Cuirtear maoiniú caipitil don spórt ar fáil tríd an gClár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt (CCTS) agus tríd an gCiste d’Infreastruchtúr Spóirt ar Mhórscála (CISM). Is é an Clár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt an príomhbhealach ina gcuirtear cúnamh Rialtais ar fáil maidir le háiseanna spóirt...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 94 together. 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. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven. The SCEP is the government’s primary vehicle for providing support to sports clubs and communities to develop sports infrastructure around the country....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: 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. 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 latest...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The process referred to by the Deputy is in respect of significant grant funding to an organisation under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme [SCEP]. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the SCEP, in view of the scale of grant funding in this case, it is necessary to put in place a number of legal protections to best safeguard the public investment in the facility. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The National Sports Policy, which was published in 2018, provided for a new Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The aim of the fund is to provide Exchequer support for larger sports projects and facilities where the required Exchequer investment is greater than the maximum amount available under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme. During 2020, allocations of...