Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion

Mr. Cian ? Lion?in:

At this juncture, the FAI's strategy is definitely a very useful contribution to the overall discussion about what is the right-sized level for long-term capital investment in sport in Ireland. One of the key priorities for the Department and the Minister and the Minister of State in the coming period will be discussions on the size and the shape of a future national development plan. We will certainly be arguing strongly for a significant increase in funding to sport, more generally, for sports capital, large-scale infrastructure and, indeed, other needs that are out there. Our focus is on growing the sports capital pie and that is where the focus will be in the next couple of months.

In terms of the strategy, as I said, it is a useful contribution but there are other sports out there as well that have their own investment plans. What we want is, I suppose, a conversation with the Department of public expenditure and reform in the coming months on the future NDP and that is the priority for us.

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