Sport Ireland announce €40 million investment in the sports sector
22 April 2021; Sport Ireland announce €40 million investment in sports sector. €13.8million million for core activity of 59 National Governing Bodies. €9.5 million to support work of 29 Local Sports Partnerships. €8,500,000 to support High Performance programmes. €2.68 million in International Carding scheme. Sport Ireland today announced an investment of €40 million to National Governing Bodies for Sport (NGBs), High Performance athlete support and to the network of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) for 2021. The announcement follows a year in which the sector has been significantly impacted by Covid-19 restrictions in place since March 2020. The funding of €13.8million for NGBs is maintained from 2020. This funding, in addition to the recently allocated Covid-19 Grant Scheme, will provide stability and certainty to organisations throughout 2021. In line with previous years, a portion of the Core funding budget (‘Special Projects & Programmes’) will be ring fenced to assist with strategically important NGB related events and projects. Pictured at the announcement is Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, Catherine Martin TD, and Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht Jack Chambers TD, with, from left, Chairman of Sport Ireland Kieran Mulvey, Sport Ireland Chief Executive John Treacy, Sport Ireland Director of Participation & Ethics Dr Una May and Sport Ireland director of high performance and national governing bodies Paul McDermott. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
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