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Commons - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Northern Ireland (including Topical Questions)
Department: Northern Ireland Office

Written Question

Casement Park: Finance

Monday 4th August 2025

Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

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.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

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.

Written Question

Sports: Northern Ireland

Monday 4th August 2025

Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Gaelic Athletic Association to ensure that Gaelic Athletic Association sporting competitions, particularly for young people, are not named after terrorists.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Everyone has the right to celebrate their culture but they should do so in a respectful and lawful manner. Sport has the unique ability to bring people together and it ought to be something which unites rather than divides us.

Any allegation of glorifying terrorism is an operational matter for the PSNI and the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland, both of which are independent of government.