Taoiseach to raise sports grant announcement row with Coalition partners

Anger among Fianna Fáil members over the announcement of a new sports funding scheme after claims details were released before they had been formally finalised

Junior sports minister Charlie McConalogue had asked that party members not share details of the new sports capital grant scheme as they were still being finalised. File picture

The Taoiseach has said he will raise concerns with Coalition partners over the process used to announce a new sports capital grant scheme after complaints that details were shared before a formal Government announcement.

Fianna Fáil TDs discussed the issue on Wednesday amid claims that Fine Gael members and Government-supporting Independents had prematurely shared details of the Community Sports Facilities Fund, the successor scheme to the Sports Capital Programme.