Sports Funding

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Questions (281)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

281. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that Sport Ireland has provided to the Irish Bowling Association in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [61875/22]

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Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Sport Ireland is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, including the allocation of funding under its various programmes.

I have referred the Deputy’s question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to funding to the Irish Bowling Association in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

A referred reply was forwarded to the Deputy under Standing Order 51.

I refer to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Tourism; Culture; Arts; Gaeltacht; Sport and Media (61875/22) regarding the IBA.

To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture; Arts; Gaeltacht; Sport and Media the amount of funding that Sport Ireland has provided to the Irish Bowling Association in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.

The Minister has asked that Sport Ireland respond to you directly on this matter.

The Irish Bowling Association (IBA) is an umbrella governing body of the sport of men’s outdoor bowls across the island of Ireland. The IBA consists of the Northern Ireland Private Greens Bowling league (NIPGL), the Northern Ireland Bowling Association (NIBA), the Northern Ireland Provincial Bowling Association (NIPBA) and the Bowling League of Ireland (BLI).

Sport Ireland recognises and provides investment and support into the Bowling League of Ireland only and does not have a formal relationship or invest directly into the Irish Bowling Association.

Sport Ireland has not provided any funding to the Irish Bowling Association from 2019-2022, as requested below.

Please see a breakdown below which relates to Sport Ireland’s investment into the Bowling League of Ireland only in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022.

					Bowling League of Ireland
Year	Core Funding	Special Projects	Women in Sport	Dormant Accounts Funding	Covid-19
2022	€50,000	€10,000	-	TBA	TBA
2021	€32,000	-	-	-	€40,000
2020	€32,000	€8,000	€5,000	€10,000	€94,828
2019	€30,000	-	€5,000	-	-

TBA – 2022 investment allocations under Dormant Accounts Funding and Covid 19 support have yet to be announced.