Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Key Priorities for Sport Ireland and Impact of Covid-19 on Sports Sector: Sport Ireland
Mr. Kieran Mulvey:
On the velodrome, I have good news for the Deputy. It is the priority building for us having completed phase two of the indoor arena and the hockey pitch facilities. We have already engaged and have had presentations on this from an international team of architects, based in the UK who came through the procurement system and have built velodromes in other parts of Europe. We have already had board engagement on a presentation on that. We have indicated to the Department what we are doing here. We have got initial funding to carry out the scoping works that are necessary. We have identified the site on the campus and have done the necessary scoping. We have informed Fingal County Council about what our requirements would be with this and it is facilitating us with that. It would incorporate a badminton centre in the centre of the building and also exhibition and spectator space. We are recognising the achievement of our cyclists and the growth of the game. That is the next big project and we expect, hopefully, some stage during this year to convince the powers that be in government to give us the necessary capital expenditure to achieve this. We have managed our buildings very well and, thankfully, largely within budget. We have a good track record there. We are in negotiations with Cycling Ireland on bringing its national governing body building onto our campus as well. We are converting a facility there to assist them on that and that is at a very advanced stage.
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