Mr. Cian ? Lion?in:

I thank the Senator. I am not sure I would necessarily take that interpretation, but the way the sports capital system works is that there is an open call for proposals. The programme has been running for a number of decades now. Individual clubs will apply for equipment or a capital grant or a combination of both. Criteria are very clearly laid out every year. Successive Ministers might tweak criteria and bring in new factors. Then, fundamentally, it is a factor for each national governing body, NGB, of sport to get the message out to its clubs to avail of this funding.