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Sports Funding

405 questions from 100 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

405
questions
364 written, 41 oral
100
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
6
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20257
February 202518
March 202514
April 202518
May 202521
June 202519
July 202528
August 20250
September 202524
October 202527
November 202532
December 20255
January 202631
February 202618
March 202635
April 202617
May 202626
June 202628
July 20266
August 20260
September 202610
October 202621

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Aontú2 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil149 from 28 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael83 from 20 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent20 from 8 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland17 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party23 from 8 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity6 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin90 from 23 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 20
  2. 17
  3. 16
  4. 12
  5. 11
  6. 10
  7. 10
  8. 10

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1098. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) each year from 2014 to 2024; and the conditions attached to the funding each year, in tabular form. [19619/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1099. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) each year from 2014 to 2024; and the conditions attached to the funding each year, in tabular form. [19620/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1100. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of sports capital will open for applications. [19621/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1107. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if extra funding could be provided to an athletics club (details supplied). [19990/25]
Mark Wall Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1125. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he is considering funding local authorities to provide playing pitches and facilities given the increasing demand for playing pitches throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20622/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1130. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of payments made by Sport Ireland to any print or broadcast media companies for additional coverage of women’s sport in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20856/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1131. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number and names of national governing bodies and local sports partnerships which have had State funding withheld as a result of failing to meet the 40% female gender representation target on their boards, in tabular form. [20858/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1132. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the most recent review of the Governance Code for Sport took place. [20859/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1138. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next call under the large-scale sporting infrastructure fund will be made. [21276/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
135. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will consider the inclusion of a club (details supplied) on the list for the large scale sport infrastructure fund; if the club is included on the reserve list; the other grants or schemes that would be available to the club to renovate and modernise an old Catholic church which it has recently purchased for us…
Ann Graves Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
137. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the grant allocated to a club (details supplied) will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
142. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide details on sports capital grants planned for 2025 onwards for Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W, and 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17847/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
575. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position in relation to the provision of public funding for League of Ireland soccer academies; if he will set out for each year since 2020 the amount of public funding that has been provided for the academies, broken down by League of Ireland club where possible; if there are any plans to significantly increase t…
Niamh Smyth Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
579. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of Community Sports Facilities Fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16897/25]
James O'Connor Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
583. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when his Department will approve a 2024 sports capital application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17020/25]
Mark Wall Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
443. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is flexibility within the sports capital grant scheme (details supplied) to amend allocations based on actual needs and to allow for modifications to better reflect the needs of the grant recipients; and if his Department will review the allocation to ensure the granted funding aligns with the organisation's requi…
Malcolm Byrne Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
274. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the total sum allocated to each sport, such as GAA, soccer, tennis, athletics and so on, under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme over the ten year period 2015 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [14704/25]
Brian Brennan Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
86. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a grant application by a club (details supplied) was not successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14237/25]
John Brady Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
87. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when funding will be paid out to organisations who were successful under the sports capital grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14343/25]
Michael Cahill Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
89. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to review a sports capital grant for a club in County Kerry (details supplied); to take into consideration the very significant increase in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
90. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department offers financial support grants or programmes to community sports teams travelling abroad for training camps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14499/25]
John Connolly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
325. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the feedback on the unsuccessful application for LSSIF funding made by Galway County Council for a multi-use sports facility at Oranmore, County Galway. [13047/25]
John Connolly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
326. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the feedback on the unsuccessful application for LSSIF funding made by Galway County Council for a soccer training facility in Athenry, County Galway. [13048/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
803. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the sports capital grant fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12340/25]
John Paul O'Shea Oral 6 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
6. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on sports capital grant appeals for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9867/25]