Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The ETBs would be the title deed holders. They have in the past given long-term leases on pieces of land for sports facilities where there was collaboration. That will come down to the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board, LOETB. That may be an option. Mr. Ó Lionáin is saying that openness is there. The Department might bear that in mind in the context of discussions in that area. There is a gaping hole. We have talked a lot this morning about inclusion and keeping girls involved in sport in secondary school. In the south of Laois, there is no opportunity to do that. We have turned our heads inside out to try to find a pathway. Yesterday's meeting was about this topic. I do not want to be parochial but I could not let this morning's opportunity go by without raising these matters. Perhaps Sport Ireland and the Department will keep those matters in mind when they are drafting criteria. I ask them not to spare the funding for County Laois. That is all I will say.