56. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects the application window for the community sport facilities fund to open; the amount of funding expected to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52582/25]
Topics / Sports Funding
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSports Funding
405 questions from 100 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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364 written, 41 oral
100
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 18 |
| March 2025 | 14 |
| April 2025 | 18 |
| May 2025 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 19 |
| July 2025 | 28 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 24 |
| October 2025 | 27 |
| November 2025 | 32 |
| December 2025 | 5 |
| January 2026 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 35 |
| April 2026 | 17 |
| May 2026 | 26 |
| June 2026 | 28 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 21 |
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57. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of the capital funding programmes or grants from his Department or any body for which he has responsibility for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply; the details of funding programmes or grants currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened for which a…
71. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if core funding for national governing bodies of sport and local sports partnerships will be increased in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52400/25]
83. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of payments of sports capital grants to County Carlow in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52493/25]
84. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of payments of sports capital grants to County Kilkenny in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52494/25]
86. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of sports capital funding is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52596/25]
524. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of sports capital grant applications will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51336/25]
528. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 17 September 2025, the status of the review of the previous round of community sports facilities fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51447/25]
530. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if consideration will be given to increasing grant funding for amateur athletes playing inter-county games to ensure, at the very least, they are not out of pocket due to the increasing financial pressures faced by players as the level of State funding has not changed in years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52023/25…
276. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider creating or extending funding streams through Sport Ireland or other sporting organisations to ensure that amateur athletes in equestrian sport can access grants when competing internationally; if he will introduce specific measures to directly support grassroots equestrian sport; if this will be considered in the…
349. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if consideration is being given to adjusting or increasing the grant allocated to players (details supplied) to bring it in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49695/25]
356. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will consider increasing the player welfare grants available to inter-county GAA players; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50278/25]
357. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the available supports to inter-county GAA players; if he intends increasing the supports available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50279/25]
358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in view of the recent disappointing outcome of the football fund performance programme in Northern Ireland which did not award any funding to clubs in the North West, if his Department is considering any funding to help football teams upgrade their facilities through capital funding; and if this will also be open to any clubs operating…
359. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he supports the findings of a report (details supplied); the steps he can take to implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50373/25]
591. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update and timeline on LSSIF and sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47682/25]
597. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of community sports facilities fund will be available to local sporting clubs and organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47717/25]
619. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of sports capital funding will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49225/25]
1075. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will examine the funding options available for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45361/25]
1076. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of payments of sports capital grants to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of previous years; the dates these grants were paid; the details of outstanding grants that have not been paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45369/25]
1077. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the allocation of sports capital funding to clubs and facilities in Longford-Westmeath in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45370/25]
1078. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding that Sport Ireland provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45489/25]
1080. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when final payment will be made to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the sports capital fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45811/25]
1081. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated to the growth of basketball in Ireland the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45877/25]
1083. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total annual funding allocated to organisations (details supplied) over the past five years, in tabular form. [46208/25]