Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 18 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland

Mr. Gary Owens:

The same applies to us in the FAI. We have no idea how the funding will be allocated. There are two important points. One is that what we have actually applied for, we need. I am not sure if the sum total is going to exceed €70 million because I have not seen the other submissions, but anything lower than that would mean that we would have to look seriously at our costs. As Mr. Browne said, it only applies to 2020, and we still have to go through 2021. I cannot see it really improving much unless we get fans back into the stadiums, and we certainly will not get full capacity back in. We will take a big financial hit next year, so we will have to go through the same process again.

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