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

To return to the issue of disadvantaged areas, I welcome the involvement of local authorities and the ETBs but it needs to be put out more into the public domain. In conjunction with the FAI, my local authority has helped with the new Munster centre of excellence in Glanmire but local community clubs are not aware of it. They approach politicians and the local hall giving out about having no ground in respect of getting a facility but sometimes the local authorities will tell them they have no facilities or land. We should make more of this so that they are aware that local authorities and the ETBs have a duty to come on board.