Mr. Peter Hogan:

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, we have been in ongoing dialogue with the European Commission and our EU partners. The flexibility of the EU system to enable people to continue sharing information and to feed back on the issues faced within the member states has been really positive. It is a sensitive period at the moment in the EU context in regard to looking ahead to funding and funding programmes, but I can assure the Deputy that sport is certainly being recognised, with a new work programme for sport being taken forward by the Commission. While nothing has been settled at this stage, the meetings are ongoing in that regard. There is a recognition that Covid presents a further challenge to the sports sector throughout the Union.