Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It answers it 100%. That is it. This investment saves long term. Whether it is on an individual scale or the grander scale, it saves in potential health costs down the line, which is certainly one of the main pluses of a scheme such as this.

Mr. McGroarty outlined very well the inclusivity part of it. He spoke about the outcomes from the perspectives of mental health, general health and social inclusion, etc. Even from the perspective of sports results, we can see the results of investment in grassroots sport in terms of performance down the line. We have, obviously, the sports capital grant. We had a fantastic allocation this year. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, and the Department for what was welcome and very well received. Having said that, I still often think it is almost like a loaves and fishes exercise. If a group with a very high-level, excellent, multipurpose, multisport project, which is trying to cater for many different needs across gender, ability etc., is begging for scraps, it may have to scale that project way down. Because this is coming from private investors who get a return on it, could it be a way of improving investment significantly in grassroots sport and achieving better outcomes in terms of the project that is delivered?