Mr. Liam McGroarty:

We have not scaled this up throughout the country as to what the savings would be, but in the national sports policy, on health alone it estimates there is a €1.5 billion cost to the State arising from the physical inactivity levels of the country. That is one metric and if other elements are added and employment opportunities are created through sports clubs to deliver services, the economy is added to and money is taken away from the social budget for people requiring social services and help from the State. It is new in sport. There is only one SOC in sport in the world today and that is in the UK. Financially, it is a huge success. It has achieved all its outcomes. The investors received all their money back. There are 17 different payers. There are 13 local authorities, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Sport England. They pay these 17 clubs for the services. They have saved the state £1 million in 18 months. They are doing four different social outcomes. We need to test the concept, keep it small and see how we can make it work in Ireland, learning from Finland, Chile, Romania and, it is hoped, the Netherlands. We will learn as we go. It is quite new and we possibly have a lot to learn. Having Rethink Ireland, which is very advanced and expert in this space, is a great benefit. Where we go from here is a baby step. We should just test it and take it from there.