Feb 2, 2018
NGB Funding Key to an Active and Healthier Ireland
02 February 2018,
Sport Ireland announced on Thursday, 1st February, details of grant funding of €20.7 million to National Governing Bodies to support both day to day operations (€10.8 million) and high performance programmes (€7 million) of 56 different sports. A further €600,000 was announced to support women in sport programmes.
Investment is on a similar to 2017 with Sport Ireland funding still some way off the peak of €57 million achieved in 2007. These monies exclude the funding made available to the three field sports namely, the FAI, IRFU & GAA which amounted to over €7 million in 2017. 2018 investment is expected to be announced in the coming weeks. It was confirmed that €1.9 million in direct athlete investment is to be confirmed in coming weeks.
Commenting on the announcement of this year’s Sport Ireland NGB grant funding, Federation of Irish Sport CEO, Mary O’Connor said,
“Funding levels to NGBs are broadly in line with 2017. This is to be expected given as announced in the Budget Sport Ireland funding remained more or less flat on last year’s level. NGBs have a vital role to play in ensuring a more people have access to sporting opportunity. This is because each of our member organisations plays a key role in ensuring their sport happens in Ireland.
NGBs are responsible for development programmes, programmes targeted at encouraging hard to reach elements of society, coach education, training officials, child protection, high performance as well as administration of competition is vital to ensure an increase both in opportunities to participate in sport and allowing those who do partake to fulfil their potential whatever that may be.
We were heartened that in his leadership election manifesto the current Taoiseach and a former Minister for Sport outlined his intention to double the funding available to sport over the next seven years. We do hope that we will begin to see delivery on that commitment in this year’s budget as all of our members are committed to assisting in the delivery of the vision of a more active and healthier Ireland a reality. However, resources both financial and human are vital in ensuring this can and will happen.”
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Nov 30, 2017
Thursday 30th November 2017
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to welcome the announcement of the many facilities both new and existing that are to be supported by the Sports Capital Grants which the Government has announced today. We are particularly pleased with the additional funding which has seen the original fund of €30 million being increased to €56 million. Given that the scheme attracted so many applications the decision to bring forward funding has enabled a much wider range of projects to receive funding.
We see the Sports Capital Grant programme as an endorsement of An Taoiseach’s stated commitment to doubling funding for sport over a seven-year period. It is, however, vital that the investment in infrastructure is matched by investment in people and programmes in order to ensure that all of the new or enhanced facilities deliver to their full potential for Irish Sport. For that to happen future budgets must begin the complementary process of restoring the funds for current expenditure on sport. These are the funds that enable Sport Ireland and our members – the National Governing Bodies and the Local Sports Partnerships – to create the necessary programmes to ensure facilities all over the country realise their full potential.
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Contact: Roddy Guiney, Chairman, Federation of Irish Sport
Tel: 087 2523 095
Oct 9, 2017
The Federation of Irish Sport released its pre-budget submission. In the submission the Federation is calling on the Government to look at the 10 points below.
- IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NATIONAL SPORTING ORGANISATIONS & LSPs
- MORE CERTAINITY IN FUTURE FUNDING
- ALLOW STRATEGIC INPUT OF NATIONAL SPORTS ORGANISATIONS & LSPS INTO FUNDING FOR FACILITIES
- MULTI-SPORT DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS
- TAX RELIEF FOR DONATIONS TO SPORTING BODIES
- LOOK AFTER IRELAND’S ATHLETES BETTER
- ATHLETE ACCOMODATION AT THE NATIONAL SPORTS CAMPUS
- GREATER INVESTMENT IN HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT
- BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR NATIONAL SPORTS ORGANISATIONS & LSPs
- A “WILD ATLANTIC WAY” FOR SPORT
To view the full submission of the Pre Budget please click on the following link Sport Matters 2017
Dec 16, 2016
The Federation of Irish Sport is delighted to announce that our Annual Review 2016 was officially released today (Friday, 16th December).
The Review, which was penned and published by the Federation of Irish Sport, provides a thorough overview of the wide and varied successes enjoyed by Irish sport over the past 12 months.
In the Review, you can read about the positive influence sport has had in areas such as health, the economy, enhancing Ireland’s reputation worldwide and social inclusion, proving the value of continued government support and investment.
The Review also includes a comprehensive Members’ Appendix where you can learn about how each and every cent of taxpayer’s money given to the country’s National Governing Bodies of Sport and Local Sports Partnerships (through Sport Ireland) is being put to great use.
To view or download the Annual Review 2016, click here.
Please note that we have a limited number of hard copies of the Annual Review available for collection to members at our office in Irish Sport HQ. Please contact Emira O’Neill for more information – emira.oneill@irishsport.ie
Oct 27, 2016
The Federation of Irish Sport, the representative body for the majority of Ireland’s national Olympic sporting organisations, is calling for transparency from the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) today (Thursday, 27th October 2016) ahead of its Executive Board Meeting this evening.
Due to commence at 18:00, it is understood that on the agenda at this evening’s meeting will be the review of Deloitte’s independent report into the governance of the OCI.
The Federation of Irish Sport, on behalf of its members, is demanding that the OCI make the report available in full to its 36 member federations immediately after the meeting has concluded and that the report also be published in full.
Chief Executive of the Federation of Irish Sport, James Galvin said:
“The OCI has been in crisis since the Rio Olympics and has severely damaged its relationship with Irish sport. This report will provide the first insight into what went wrong with its governance and how it can begin to be repaired.”
He continued “We believe that without open, honest and timely communication from the OCI, rehabilitating the organisation cannot happen. This first step needs to be transparency with its stakeholders about the Deloitte report.”
