Cycling Ireland has not been awarded any funding under a number of new schemes to aid Irish sporting organisations recover from Covid-19 and position themselves for next year.
A total of €73.6m funding is being allocated under five separate streams "to help sports organisations to recover and grow" and to support Ireland's "grassroots network of clubs and local sports partnerships".
The five separate streams include one for the IRFU, FAI and GAA and the second stream is a "national governing body resilience fund". The third stream is a club resilience fund, the fourth is a "swimming pool and facilities fund" and the fifth is a "resumption of sport and physical activity".
On top of that €73.6m in funding awarded under those five "streams", another €5.3 million is being provided for national governing bodies and local sports partnerships for sports equipment and other related items.
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Sport Ireland chief executive, John Treacy, said while sports had returned after being suspended during the pandemic, the "impact of the restriction of the last two years" was still being felt across Irish sport.
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"Indoor sports in particular have been disproportionately affected, while a large number of outdoor sports have seen their commercial programmes hit," he said.
"The funding announced by Sport Ireland will alleviate the pressure on these sports and help the wider club infrastructure to sustain their commendable efforts in providing for their membership.”
Details of the allocations under the various different mechanisms have been unveiled today by Sport Ireland and the Department of Sport. Neither the sport of cycling nor Cycling Ireland featured on the funding allocation lists.
The GAA gets €20 million, the FAI €19 million and the IRFU €18 million. When it comes to the other sports - which cycling would be among if it was awarded any funding - the allocations per sport total €10.28 million.
The allocations are broken down as follows:
- Cricket Ireland €1.5 million
- Basketball Ireland €1.01 million
- Golf Ireland €900,000
- Athletics Ireland €650,000
- Irish Athletic Boxing Association €510,000
- Gymnastics Ireland €500,000
- Camogie Association €500,000
- Irish Martial Arts Commission €440,000
- Swim Ireland €425,000
- Horse Sports Ireland €500,000
- Hockey Ireland €350,000
- Irish Sailing €350,000
- Badminton Ireland €330,000
- Motor Sport Ireland €320,000
- Triathlon Ireland €311,000
- Volleyball Ireland €200,000
- Irish Squash €185,000
- Rowing Ireland €185,000
- National Community Games €150,000
- Diving Ireland €120,000
- Canoeing Ireland €118,000
- GAA Handball €100,000
- Archery Ireland €89,000
- Fencing Ireland €75,000
- Irish Judo Association €70,000
- Motorcycling Ireland €50,000
- Olympic Handball €40,000
- Bowling League Ireland €40,00
- Rugby League Ireland €35,000
- Irish Taekwondo €25,000
- Onakai €25,000
- Racquetball Association €25,000
- Weightlifting Ireland €23,000
- Tug of War €22,000
- Irish Orienteering €20,000
- Irish Surfing €20,000
- American Football Ireland €18,000
- Bol Chumann na hÉireann €15,000
- Table Tennis Ireland €10,000
- Angling Council Of Ireland €10,000
- Federation of Irish Sport €14,000
A range of sums were also allocated to local sports partnerships nationwide, with the list of those allocations available at this link.
