Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I would just like to say that we are not talking about pitch and putt clubs. We are talking about giving €750,000 to one event at which the winner received prize money of $1.116 million - whatever that is in euro - and for which there is a $7 million total prize fund. We are not talking about helping people with their mental health. We are talking about subsidising very well paid people. That is all I am saying. If we are giving money to this one event, my question is whether it is needed. This event is run my Rory McIlroy and sponsored by Dubai Duty Free. I am not going to labour the point but the Minister should not pretend that it is for the benefit of village pitch and putt clubs.