Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 February 2026
677. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the grant aid or funding provided to Meath, Wicklow and Kildare local authorities by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in the past five years to date, and by heading. [10048/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department was re-configured as the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport at the beginning of June 2025. The details sought by the Deputy in relation to all grant aid and funding provided to Meath, Wicklow and Kildare local authorities in the years in question for the current functions under the remit of my Department are set out in the table below.
With regard to sport funding specifically, details of capital and equipment funding can be found on my Departments website at the following link: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/collections/sports-capital-programme-allocations/
In relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department, this is an operational matter for the bodies themselves.
|
Year |
Amount |
Details of Grant aid or Funding |
Local Authority |
|
2021 |
€175,944 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Kildare County Council |
|
2021 |
€50,000 |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Kildare County Council |
|
2021 |
€202,214 |
Sports Capital and Equipment Programme 2020 Round |
Kildare County Council |
|
2021 |
€45,000 |
Sport Ireland Targeted Equipment [SITE] scheme |
Kildare County Council |
|
2021 |
€175,967 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Meath County Council |
|
2021 |
€56,514 |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Meath County Council |
|
2021 |
€23,833 |
Sports Capital and Equipment Programme 2020 Round |
Meath County Council |
|
2021 |
€183,288 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2021 |
€50,000 |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2021 |
€143,858 |
Sports Capital and Equipment Programme 2020 Round |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2022 |
€50,000 |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Kildare County Council |
|
2022 |
€213,740 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Kildare County Council |
|
2022 |
€56,900 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Kildare County Council |
|
2022 |
€53,500 |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Meath County Council |
|
2022 |
€276,576 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Meath County Council |
|
2022 |
€67,300 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Meath County Council |
|
2022 |
€50,000 |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2022 |
€243,408 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2022 |
€59,000 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2022-2023 |
€250,000 allocated
• €114,030 paid in 2022
• €72,751 paid in 2023
• Remaining withdrawn as not required |
Outdoor Public Space Scheme 2021- (Project consisted of a moveable cover over the public space outside Solstice Arts Centre in Navan including large pagodas, civil works, lighting, cabling, two high definition projectors) |
Meath County Council |
|
2023 |
€181,633 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Kildare County Council |
|
2023 |
€50,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Kildare County Council |
|
2023 |
€56,900 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Kildare County Council |
|
2023 |
€50,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Meath County Council |
|
2023 |
€67,300 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Meath County Council |
|
2023 |
€160,285 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Meath County Council |
|
2023 |
€146,903 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2023 |
€50,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2023 |
€59,000 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2023 |
€250,000 allocated but was later withdrawn as project did not proceed |
Outdoor Public Space Scheme 2021 (project was construction an Amphitheatre Performance Space at La Touche car park in Greystones) |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2023-2025 |
€250,000 |
Creative Climate Action Fund II: Agents of Change for project titled Climate Design Lab |
Kildare County Council |
|
2024 |
€224,132 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Kildare County Council |
|
2024 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Kildare County Council |
|
2024 |
€56,900 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Kildare County Council |
|
2024 |
€597,041 |
Community Sport Facilities Fund 2023 Round |
Kildare County Council |
|
2024 |
€275,000 paid |
Arts and Culture capital Scheme 2016-2018.
Grant to Meath County Council to upgrade Solstice Arts Centre.
Awarded €300,000 in 2017 |
Meath County Council |
|
2024 |
€181,559 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Meath County Council |
|
2024 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Meath County Council |
|
2024 |
€67,300 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Meath County Council |
|
2024 |
€200,000 |
Community Sport Facilities Fund 2023 Round |
Meath County Council |
|
2024 |
€189,504 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2024 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2024 |
€59,000 |
Local Authority Funding Scheme |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2024 |
€544,030 |
Community Sport Facilities Fund 2023 Round |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2025 |
€243,571 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Kildare County Council |
|
2025 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Kildare County Council |
|
2025 |
€90,000 |
Sport Ireland Participation Nation and Amuigh Faoin Speir |
Kildare County Council |
|
2025 |
€185,918 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Meath County Council |
|
2025 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Meath County Council |
|
2025 |
€150,000 allocated |
Artist Workspaces Scheme – conversion of The Old Nobber School, a protected structure situated in the centre of Nobber village, which will house the development of 3-4 studio workspaces. |
Meath County Council |
|
2025 |
€105,000 |
Sport Ireland Participation Nation and Amuigh Faoin Speir |
Meath County Council |
|
2025 |
€168,706 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2025 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2025 |
€105,000 |
Sport Ireland Participation Nation and Amuigh Faoin Speir |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2026 |
€153,548 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Kildare County Council |
|
2026 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Kildare County Council |
|
2026 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Meath County Council |
|
2026 |
€153,548 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Meath County Council |
|
2026 |
€153,548 |
Creative Ireland Funding |
Wicklow County Council |
|
2026 |
€15,000 allocated |
Commemorations Local Authority Grant |
Wicklow County Council |
All funding and grant aid provided under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath local authorities for the period in question are set out in the table below and are also published on the Department’s website at https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-culture-communications-and-sport/campaigns/large-scale-sport-infrastructure-fund-lssif/. Projects approved under the first round of Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF), allocations awarded in 2020, received top-up allocations to address increased inflation and construction costs. Meath County Council was originally allocated €2,012,276 for the Linear Walkways and Playing Fields project. Wicklow County Council received an original allocation of €864,177 for the Wicklow Swimming Pool project and €309,642 for the redevelopment of the Charlesland Athletics Track.
|
Year |
Amount |
Details of Grant aid or Funding |
Local Authority |
|
2023 |
€320,370 (LSSIF Top-up Allocation) |
Linear Walkways & Playing Fields |
Meath County Council (Lead Applicant) |
|
2023 |
€932,423 (LSSIF Top-up Allocation) |
Wicklow Swimming Pool |
Wicklow County Council (Lead Applicant) |
|
2023 |
€126,390 (LSSIF Top-up Allocation) |
Charlesland Athletics Track |
Wicklow County Council (Lead Applicant) |
|
2024 |
€3,000,000 |
Sallins Park Community Sports Centre (Kildare) |
Kildare County Council (Lead Applicant) |
|
2024 |
€1,000,000 |
St. Colmcilles Piltown Development (Meath) |
Meath County Council (Project Sponsor) |
|
2024 |
€2,300,000 |
Seafield Sports & Community Facility (Meath) |
Meath County Council (Lead Applicant) |
|
2024 |
€1,100,000 |
Trim Arena (Indoor Athletics Facility) (Meath) |
Meath County Council (Project Sponsor) |
