Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 February 2025
120. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be made available to clubs (details supplied) whose facilities were seriously damaged as a result of Storm Éowyn; if there are any other funding streams they can avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3813/25]
View answer121. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be made available to businesses and clubs such as (details supplied) whose facilities were seriously damaged as a result of Storm Éowyn; if there are any other funding streams they can avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/25]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together.
In the first instance, I would hope that sporting facilities’ own commercial insurance would cover the cost of restoring such facilities back to sporting use where they have been damaged by the recent adverse weather events.
Adequate insurance for facilities is a condition of capital funding granted by my Department under either of its funding schemes, namely the Community Sport Facilities Fund and the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund.
I have asked Sport Ireland to engage with the Local Sports Partnerships in the worst-affected counties, to collate any such instances of weather damage that cannot be covered by insurance and / or other schemes, and to forward to my department an overview report for each county. When that is done, I intend to report back to government on the scale of the financial ask.
