| Heading: |
Casement Park: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1826507 |
| UIN: |
HL9926 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4970 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
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| Asking Member handle: |
LordWeirDUP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LordWeirDUP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will attach conditions to the funding for the Casement Park project; and whether these will include not using taxpayer-funded sports grounds for competitions named after terrorists. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-08-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4508 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
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| Answering Member handle: |
RuthAnderson
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@RuthAnderson
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The UK Government has committed £50m of Capital Financial Transactions funding to help the Northern Ireland Executive to redevelop Casement Park. However, it is up to the Executive to decide how to implement the development of the stadium. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
21 |
| Answering body name: |
Northern Ireland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |