Sports Funding

33. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the review into the current funding round community sport facilities fund will be finalised; the budget allocation for the forthcoming CSFF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32811/26]

36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if any section of his Department has received any applications for funding for an ice hockey arena; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33159/26]

39. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects to open the sports capital and equipment grant programme for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32459/26]

40. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in light of his Department aiming to open the new round of the CSFF in the first half of 2026, when the new guidelines will be published in advance to include updated eligibility and likely assessment criteria in this next round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32741/26]

48. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to increase the Sports Capital funding to clubs across County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33221/26]

49. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the sports capital grants available to sports clubs that do not own or have ability to purchase land or are in a long-term lease; if schemes will be considered for these clubs to help them become established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/26]

52. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the maximum drawdown of funds from the previous round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32807/26]

56. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when details of the next community sport facilities fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33410/26]

321. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether a sports club or school can spend a portion of the Sports Capital Grant on consultants for the purpose of delivering the awarded project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33763/26]

474. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding his Department has provided, directly and indirectly, to the League of Ireland per annum for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32809/26]

323. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects the application process for the Community Sports Facilities Fund to open and the scheme details to be published; the minimum contribution required by applicants towards total project costs; the projected theme for this funding round; if two separate capital projects for the same club can be accommoda…

324. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on funding that was previously allocated for a swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway under the local authority swimming pool programme; if that funding is still available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31633/26]

395. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding schemes that are currently available, or are planned for the future, to support local sports clubs; if he will provide details of eligibility criteria and application processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29396/26]

397. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the capital funding programmes for sport, specifically the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF), will open for applications; the way clubs can engage with this fund in advance of applications opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29541/26]

553. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when a sports club (details supplied) will be given permission to proceed with their application work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/26]

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of Sports Capital Funding will be announced; and the maximum grant that will be allowable. [27577/26]

1549. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reasons for the continued delay in approving the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund grant for the Sallins Amenity Lands project in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/26]

1550. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm the current status of the Sallins Amenity Lands project application under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/26]

1551. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason approval has not yet been granted under Gateway 1 preliminary business case stage despite the preliminary business plan having been submitted in July of 2025 and further clarifications and additional information having been provided on multiple occasions since then, including a further detailed submiss…

1552. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline the specific issues or concerns that are causing delay in progressing the project to Gateway 2 Tender Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/26]

1553. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm the expected timeline for a decision on Gateway 1 approval and to indicate when the project will be in a position to proceed to tender and subsequent submission of the Final Business Case under Gateway 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24266/26]

1554. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether consideration is being given to simplifying or streamlining the approval and drawdown process for grants of this scale in order to avoid prolonged delays in the delivery of important community amenity infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24267/26]

1555. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm that once Gateway approvals are completed the grant of €3 million will be formally approved to allow the local authority to appoint a contractor and commence works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/26]

1560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the specific datasets, analytical methodologies, and weighting criteria used by his Department to inform geographic allocation decisions under recent rounds of the Community Sport Facilities Fund; and whether these methodologies are formally documented and subject to periodic review. [24671/26]

1561. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department operates any formal oversight or audit mechanism to assess regional equity in the distribution of Community Sport Facilities Fund allocations; and if so, to outline the findings of any such assessments since 2020. [24672/26]