Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome what the Minister of State said. Assessment on the basis of disadvantage is obviously a necessity. A number of the clubs I mentioned fall into that bracket, as do the kids that go to them. If I were to name every club, or even every club in disadvantaged areas in Dundalk, we would be here for a considerable time. I should have mentioned Clann Naofa Boxing Club, where I boxed very badly. I might not be forgiven if I did not mention that club.

I will go back to the matter of large-scale sports infrastructure funding. Will the 80% increase in sports capital impact on that funding? We all want more people to apply but are we looking at that? We all know the necessity of it. It is a matter of getting a notion of the timeline for large-scale sports infrastructure funding, and making sure those groups and organisations, including the likes of Dundalk FC or whoever, can see exactly what is necessary from the point of view of being able to do the business when it actually happens. We have all seen clubs miss out on funding due to lack of preparedness. We need to make sure we facilitate them as much as possible.

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