Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion
Mr. Liam McGroarty:
I will start off again, if it is okay with the group. There is a role in respect of the sports capital programme. As Deputy Griffin will probably know better than I do, the biggest challenge is getting the 10% to 30% of local funding to access some of the sports capital funding. A SOC could perhaps be the way to address that deficit. Returning to the earlier point about under-represented groups, it is hard for some communities to access the sports capital programme. This initiative could be a way to help those groups to access it and to achieve a more even spread around the country. I was not clear on the query concerning the challenges in respect of gambling. I was not sure about that question. The Deputy’s final point was on-----
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