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

We have had massive engagement with the sports capital unit in respect of drawdown. It is getting a significant amount of contact about clubs that want to draw down capital and get it mobilised and utilised.

In terms of historic grant allocation, there were smaller percentages in previous rounds. We have a huge level of ambition across the sporting system for a new round for new applicants who have new ambition to go beyond and might be able to put in a pitch to improve their existing facilities. We have to look at that as well in that context. If the Deputy looks at the most recent round, he will see that it actually mitigates some of the issues that he referenced because it is very close to their actual asks. It is not 20% of what they sought, rather, many of them got up to 100% of what they asked for. Therefore, the funding gap will be less than perhaps it was in historic rounds.