Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The budget has already allocated €1 million extra for elite athletes, so that covers our Olympians and Paralympians. That is on top of the money that is already there. My understanding from Sport Ireland is that it will be sufficient to cover the costs. The Olympic movement has other sources of funding as well. I think we are definitely playing our part. The embassy in Paris is doing a lot of good work as well on the ground and everybody is looking forward to it.