Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Apologies for missing the majority of the meeting. I am due to be in the Chamber and I have to return shortly so I will ask one question. I have read the opening statements and I thank the witnesses for their presence here. On that issue of the participation of women in sport, we had Mary O'Connor from the Federation of Irish Sport before the committee last month. She touched on that point during the meeting and during my chat to her after it. A school from my home town in Navan, the Mercy convent carried out a piece of work at BT Young Scientist exhibition in January and Professor Niall Moyna from DCU carried out the analysis of that.

It took the underage female local rugby club in Navan to look at pressures such as body shaming and social influencers. The peer pressure happening to young girls participating in sport is quite destructive. The research in question is a huge body of work. If we are serious about retaining young girls and women in sport, it must be tackled. I am glad the school in question took up the mantle and delved into it.

It was stated the club resilience fund in scheme 3 was not paid out yet. How much will that be?