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Gaelic Athletic Association

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 12 October 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much government funding has been awarded to the Gaelic Athletic Association in each of the last five years. (90992)

The Sports Council for Northern Ireland (SCNI) is responsible for the development of Sport in Northern Ireland including the distribution of exchequer funding to individual sports. The SCNI has awarded exchequer funding to the GAA as follows:

GAA

2001-02

46,978

2002-03

557,042

2003-04

207,596

2004-05

208,211

2005-06

136,807

Total

1,156,634

In addition the Department of Finance and personnel (DFP), Department of Education (DE), Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment (DETI), Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM), Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) and Department of Social Development (DSD) have provided funding to the Gaelic Athletic Association in each of the last five years. The following tables outline the funding that has been provided by each of these Departments:

DFP funding

GAA

Sports including GAA activities

2001-02

0

0

2002-03

0

0

2003-04

55,000

48,434

2004-05

27,173

0

2005-06

11,250

0

Total

93,423

48,434

DE funding

GAA

2001-02

1,500

2002-03

1,500

2003-04

330,089

2004-05

20,165

2005-06

5,998

Total

359,252

DETI funding

GAA

2001-02

500

2002-03

0

2003-04

0

2004-05

0

2005-06

0

Total

500

OFMDFM funding

GAA

2001-02

2,370

2002-03

0

2003-04

0

2004-05

0

2005-06

0

Total

2,370

DHSSPS funding

GAA

2001-02

0

2002-03

0

2003-04

0

2004-05

7,650

2005-06

4,565

Total

12,215