Mr. Jerome Pels:

We are probably doing pretty well. It has been mentioned that mainstream sports can make revenue from television and gate money. GAA, football and rugby invest a great deal of money back into their sports. The numbers of development officers in those sports are far beyond what we do. In the context of smaller sports we are doing a relatively good job. As an all-Ireland sport, we benefit from our Ulster branch, which is well supported as well. That gives us an additional resource.

Senator Richmond commented on the high cost of hockey pitches.

We know that is just a fact. There is an opportunity to play indoor hockey, which would mean we could use existing facilities. We are definitely looking at that with our development strategy. That could be an introduction into the sport because it is an aspect of our sport.

I will defer to the players on the question of the support level for the athletes.