Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding how the national development plan links to our applying to host major sporting events, is there linkage between the various Departments, local authorities and State bodies so that we have a coherent approach in addressing this? It needs a whole-of-government approach and not just be dealt with by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. I know the Minister of State is doing fantastic work in developing that policy so that we have something to refer back to when we seek to host these sporting events in the future.