Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Many of the points have been well covered. Deputy Phelan made a very valid point in regard to physical education facilities in schools. I thank the organisations for their presentations. I am not a member of this committee but I have an interest in sport. I saw on the screen the heading National Sports Campus - a beacon for Irish sport. It is a fantastic facility and we cannot compete at international level if we do not have fantastic facilities.

Many of the points I wanted to make have been made but I would like to go through a few other ones. It was said that most people will not even notice there has been a merger. Do the organisations have any concerns or reservations in regard to the merger? If so, what are they? What is their overall view of the heads of the Bill? What changes would the organisations make? A few points were made in regard to adventure activities, match fixing and an amendment to the betting Bill. Perhaps the organisations would elaborate on that.

The point was made that the equivalent organisation in the North has 90 staff. Are we understaffed? What do we need to do to address that? Will the merger really benefit sports organisations?

I only got this documentation this morning, so I am just flicking through it. I refer to the general scheme of the sport Ireland Bill regulatory impact analysis. It gives the impression it has a cost impact and is not a benefit or otherwise for sports. It does not seem to be cost benefit analysis but it more like a cost cost analysis. What is organisations' opinion on that?