Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC

9:30 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is super. If anyone were to analyse the usage and statistics for that pop-up pool, they would prove that the need and demand is there.

There are plenty of reports showing that physical inactivity is estimated to cost the Irish taxpayer more than €1.5 billion. Getting young people in particular to participate in sports is critical. What measures are in place to monitor sports participation? Younger kids get involved, and I have seen that as they reach their teenage years there is a drop-off. Is there a monitoring procedure in place?

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