Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair and I appreciate the questions. There are two aspects. An ongoing audit measures participation to try to track national sports policy and ensure we hit our participation targets up to 2027. We are trying to underpin a sports action plan in that regard. Turning to the other question concerning auditing infrastructure, major work is being undertaken by Sport Ireland to tag every piece of infrastructure in the country. It will be a very useful resource in trying to align funding to areas where there are serious gaps, such as in disadvantaged areas, rural areas and particular regions in certain sports. That will allow us to focus investment in funding in areas where there are obvious gaps. I will ask Sport Ireland to send the committee a note on that initiative and a timeline concerning when it will be concluded. It is, however, significant work which could have a major long-term impact on how we fund sport and sports infrastructure.