Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport

9:00 am

Mr. James Galvin:

I will comment briefly on that. I have already outlined some of the structural advances that have taken place. Last December, the first event that took place in the National Indoor Arena was an international badminton competition which I attended. It attracted considerable attendances from overseas. That was a most positive start for the National Indoor Arena. We also have an international standard cross-country track on the National Sports Campus, which will attract further events to Ireland in the coming years. We work closely with Event Ireland with whom we are partnered. They provide services to national governing bodies who have the goal of attracting international events to Ireland. While some of these happen below the radar, there is an increasing demand for international events taking place here.

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