Mr. Liam McGroarty:

I can take that question. The first part was about the measurements and metrics we use. We follow the UN sustainable development goals, SDGs, and the indicators developed by the UN on the goals relating to sport. We follow a very standardised approach. There are approximately 30 different metrics. The academics and econometricians who sit behind the model are the best in the world in terms of the best way to do this. It is not easy because most econometricians look for causality - if one does A then B happens. That is very had to prove so they have come up with a method of doing that, which we have shared with UNESCO, the World Health Organization, the UN and so on.

The Deputy's second point, which was really good, was about small clubs that might be run by volunteers and how they measure their impact. They barely have time to make registrations up for players etc. We have cascaded this model right down to a club level. In Finland, 600 clubs are using this system. The data is pulled from the national system. For all the athletes who are on national systems in Finland, that data is pulled through application programming interfaces, APIs, so that when a club secretary logs on, all the players and coaches from that club are already in the system. They can add in new elements like the cost of electricity or of a physiotherapist, or if there is an over-45s walking group or an over-60s football group. They can add additional elements.

The idea is that the tool is designed for local use. Today in Ireland, local football clubs are using it. A local sports partnership, LSP, is starting to use it, as are rugby clubs. It is absolutely right that it has to be used at the local level. They are the people who deliver the outcomes and they are the ones who should be the recipients of the investment.