Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Can I, please, finish without interruption? The Deputy can come back in as often as she likes. There are many golf clubs with a small membership.

Golf is played by huge numbers of children around the country in circumstances which are not ones of grandeur or richness or anything of that sort. They just enjoy the game. Those children should be helped and encouraged. Golf should not be branded in a certain way. If children in disadvantaged areas are playing golf, which they can and do, they should be helped. The Deputy has a good case about rich golf clubs. Perhaps they should not be helped unless they are doing a lot for the community. I am not sure that some of those which the Deputy has branded as elite are not actually doing quite a lot for the community. It is something we will look at.