Mr. John Treacy:

The expert group is chaired by the Department which has done an excellent job. Each sport developed protocols for the return to sport for the different phases laid down by the Government. All these have been approved by the Department which has done an excellent job around all of this. Those protocols are being followed closely by these sporting organisations which is to be applauded. It has worked well.

One of the decisions we made early when the lockdown came was that we would keep the national sports campus open for the community of Blanchardstown. We found we have hundreds of people walking around the place during the week and at weekends. There are campus facilities available for elite sportspeople but also for recreational people as well. Everyone is welcome to participate, to run around the cross-country course or walk around the campus. We have weights machines around the place to allow people to do some strength and conditioning exercises. It is a public parkway and people are welcome there. The idea is also that we would stage events on the campus as it develops. I would encourage anyone in Dublin to visit the campus because they would be blown away by it.