€85 million Provides Timely Boost to Irish Sport Sector

Earlier today my colleagues Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media, Catherine Martin TD and Minister of State for Sport Jack Chambers TD, announced an unprecedented €85 million funding package for the Irish sport sector, which has been s significantly impacted by the various Covid-19 restrictions imposed since March 2020.
The funding being allocated today by Sport Ireland will address the existential threat to National Governing Bodies and their club networks, allowing sports organisations to off-set significant losses incurred in recent months and add a semblance of certainty to planning for 2021.
The significant investment will reach all levels of the sport sector with National Governing Bodies, Local Sports Partnerships and thousands of grassroots clubs across Ireland set to benefit.

• €64 million in funding to NGB, LSPs and Clubs to address significant Covid-19 related losses.
  
• Dedicated funding disability and older adult sport.
  
• Additional €15 million for GAA, Camogie, Ladies Gaelic Football Championships.