Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In August of this year, the Taoiseach was in Sarsfields Hurling Club and saw the facilities it has available. Over the past few days, over €500,000 worth of damage has been done as a result of flooding. At the same time, there is an organisation which has received the lease of over 30 acres from Cork County Council. Those 30 acres have not been used for the past ten years. Will the Government now apply pressure on that organisation to lease that land back to Cork County Council in order that it can be made available for sports organisations in the Glanmire area that are badly in need of facilities?

That 30 acres is lying idle for more than ten years. We have a huge young population there. Sarsfield GAA Club has in excess of 1,100 members alone which it now has difficulty catering for.

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