535. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details of the Sports Capital Programme payments made in each year since 2023 including the best estimate for 2026 in County Laois. [73566/26]

The Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) is the primary means of providing Government funding to sport and community organisations. The fund aims to foster an integrated and planned approach to the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and assists the purchase of non-personal sports equipment.

Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities from the 2023 round of the CSFF, representing the largest ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. Over €6.8 million of this was allocated to 72 sporting projects in County Laois which has, since 2015, seen almost €15.5 million allocated to 287 sporting projects.

Details of payments made from the Fund since 2023 and payments made to grantees in Laois are set out in the tables below.

Further details of the allocations and payments from the Fund outlined here are available on my Department's website at: www.gov.ie/sportscapital