Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In GAA parlance, we have the Super 8 present, from Kerry, Tyrone, Kilkenny and Galway. As a Galwayman, I am delighted that Galway is well represented here. There are eight witnesses present and, to me, they are a Super 8. I commend them all on their presentations. I apologise for missing the start of the meeting but I had to attend to another matter.

Having listened to what has been said it is evident that funding is the biggest challenge, and I mean the uncertainty about funding that prevails at the start of the year. We, as public representatives, need to put in place a three or five-year funding plan that will assist people in terms of development and being confident that they will have enough money to support what they want to do.