Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know where Deputy Fitzpatrick is coming from, but there would be some clubs that have a three or five-year programme of development. They would submit an application on the basis of getting so much of a grant a year, on the assumption that the scheme would be there for consecutive years. For example, rather than seek €1 million in the first year, they would perhaps apply for €200,000 in five consecutive years to fund their programme. I would be careful of saying that any club which got a grant in one year should be precluded the second year because some clubs or organisations apply for the grant on the basis of a phased project, and to draw so much of a grant each year as opposed to going for one lump sum in the first year. I would add that word of caution to what has been asked for.