Mr. John Treacy:

The Deputy remarked on local sport partnerships. Through dormant accounts funding, we provide the LSPs an additional €6 million in core funding. I welcome the Deputy's support for them.

Regarding elite athletes, a major issue was getting them back into facilities and training in groups. In addition, we safeguarded our funding to sports. We asked all of the NGBs not to spend high-performance sport funding and to ensure that they held onto it for next year. The Olympic Games were beckoning and training camps and so forth would continue once various countries opened up. As such, we wanted to safeguard that funding. The institute opened up and our elite athletes could once again use it and avail of its services. During the lockdown, our service providers provided services to our athletes, for example, remote guidance on strength, conditioning and other aspects. They were available online all the time to talk to athletes.

I will now pass to Mr. McDermott, who is in charge of high performance. He will elaborate further for the committee.