Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, visited New Zealand and met a lot of coaches who used be training the Irish teams. For some unknown reason, Mr. Treacy and his staff seem to be doing a fantastic job in looking after our coaches and we do not seem to be getting the rewards from that. Other countries seem to be coming in and swiping our coaches. Can the Minister investigate? I am not being smart. Sport is a fantastic activity to be involved in at present. Ireland is probably one of the best sporting countries in the world. I would not like to think that we are here training our coaches for someone else to come in and get the benefits. I was blown away by the facilities in Abbotstown. Going by Abbotstown, there is a fantastic future for sports in this country including, for example, the show-jumping and cricket teams. Everybody is doing so well at present. I would not like for us to be training up our coaches for some other country to get the rewards.