Mr. John Treacy:

If I could add to that, it is very important to state that we now have a new policy for sport but with that we have funding and a commitment from Government to double the budget for sport. I want to pay tribute to the colleagues in the Department because civil servants have worked hard to ensure they made the case for sports funding across the various Departments, along with the Ministers. Everyone has bought into this and everyone is aligned in terms of the need for and importance of funding for sport. It is important to state that we are all aligned in terms of the requirement to increase the budget for sport and I pay tribute to Ministers, Members of the Oireachtas and civil servants who have worked hard to make that happen.