Mr. Neville Maxwell:

I reiterate the point that Ms Sunita Puspure made, which is that the athletes all make a strong contribution to the events that they go to. There are few sports globally where one has to pay to represent one's country, one comes home with a medal and that is it. That should be looked at. We have to do it this way because of the way the funding is divided. We have a programme in place, a dream and a strategy to have far more crews at the Olympic Games and world championships and to win many more medals than we are talking about here today. All we need is the funding. The athletes are in clubs around the country. They are looking at the people here today, having seen them on television, and want to achieve and emulate what the people here have done. We are showing them how to do it but we need more people to coach them and to look after them. We need to have a system in place where they can come down to Cork and train or train in different centres around the country. We have a good blueprint that we are not showing to any other country. It is our secret but we have a great attitude among our athletes, volunteers and coaches. We are like a start-up business at present. We need the funding to grow this. Our target for 2024 and 2028 is far beyond what we have done so far this year.