Pádraig O'Sullivan
Question:142. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of new sports and physical recreation facilities delivered by his Department in 2025. [4783/26]
View answerWednesday, 21 January 2026
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My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF).
The most recent two rounds of the CSFF were in 2020 and 2023. Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 under the 2023 round of the CSFF, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland.
In line with previous rounds of the Fund, a review of the current funding round has been undertaken and will be published shortly. I have asked my Department to prepare for a further round of the CSFF in 2026. It is anticipated that the next CSFF round will particularly target areas and sports that have been under-invested in over the years.
Details of all CSFF allocations are available on the Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/collections/sports-capital-programme-allocations/.
The LSSIF was established to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects. These are projects where the Exchequer investment is greater than the maximum amount available under the CSFF. The cumulative investment from the two rounds of the Fund to date, 2018 and 2024, totals €297 million.
Details of all allocations under the LSSIF, covering both 2018 and 2024 rounds, can be accessed on the Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/campaigns/large-scale-sport-infrastructure-fund-lssif/.
Separately, Sport Ireland's Get Ireland Active database, launched in October 2023, represents the first phase of a comprehensive national database of sports facilities. The database currently consists of more than 15,000 opportunities to be active across the country, including sports and recreation facilities. The database is currently undergoing further development and once complete, Sport Ireland intends to launch a promotional campaign to raise awareness of Get Ireland Active and the benefits that it can offer.