Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It should be State run because sailing would not just be something for people with a lot of money who can afford membership of yacht clubs. The facility could be opened to the people in the region and wider area so they could learn how to sail and about boats and the sea. Would it not be fantastic if every school in the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council area had the option of bringing its children to sail in the harbour and learn about boats? Would that not be absolutely wonderful?