Debate contribution: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events

Debate contribution by Ms Aisling Reilly on 17 February 2026.

MLA: Ms Aisling Reilly
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 17 February 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Private Members' Business
Heading: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5394411

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I also make a declaration of interest as a proud member of the GAA. Casement Park is an Executive flagship capital project, which has been mentioned. It stands alongside the other regional stadia that have already been delivered in Ravenhill and Windsor Park. That was, and is, a collective commitment by the Executive to invest in sport, infrastructure, communities and people right across our society. Reading the motion, I see no reference to those other stadia or to asking the Executive to claw back funds from the events that they have hosted, or could host, outside of the sport that they were built for.

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