Ms Mary O'Connor:

I thank Deputy Andrews for his question. This is not something that I have given in-depth consideration to before today. Women in sport funding has increased in the past number of years and that has to be welcomed. I have spoken in the past about historical inequity in the investment in women in sport and I am very much a person who is solution-focused on the future. As I said in my submission today in the last paragraph, there has been a significant impact made by the Women in Sport policy in having a dedicated resource and having someone who is as excellent as Ms Stapleton is in delivering on that. At this stage we need to look ahead to see what the policy has and whether we can ensure that all the actions in that policy are financially resourced in order that they can be delivered upon. Any policy is only ever going to be evaluated on what its outputs are and that is the most important thing for me.