Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To go back to the boards grant payments to the private stadia, I had a quick look at the figures given to us. In the four years, from 2007 to 2010, the board paid out grants of €1.5 million to these stadia. In 2011, it paid out €1.52 million and in 2012, it paid €1.12 million. The figure for these two years is €2.64 million in total. Why, when the board's cash is so tight is it paying so much in grants to private stadia in 2011 and 2012, more than it did in the four good years from 2007 to 2010. What is the projection for this year?

Why is there such a big increase in the last three years when compared with the previous four years?