To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure (i) to detail the role of the Sports Matters Monitoring Group; (ii) the date of its most recent meeting; and (iii) whether it has commissioned any reviews of the Sports Matters Strategy since 2011.

i) The role of the Sports Matter Monitoring Group, as set out in Sport Matters Strategy for Sport & Physical Recreation 2009 – 2019, is to:

•Bring together senior representatives of the Departments, agencies and organisations responsible for sport and recreation, health, education, employment, the natural and built environments and social development;

•Agree mechanisms to secure the buy-in and delivery commitment of key partners and stakeholders including those in the community, voluntary and private sectors;

•Monitor delivery of the commitments to sport and physical recreation set out within this Strategy;

•Approve, monitor and evaluate detailed action plans developed by each Sport Matters Monitoring and Implementation Group;

•Commission, or seek to have commissioned, periodic reviews of the Strategy; and to

•Publish periodic progress reports.

ii) The most recent meeting of the Sport Matters Monitoring Group took place on 3 December 2014.

iii)The mid-term review of Sport Matters commenced in 2014 and the report is currently being finalised having been presented to the Sport Matters Monitoring and Implementation Groups and the CAL Committee.