Mr. Ger McDermott:

We are conscious that the local authorities have been funding, to the tune of close to €1.3 million, the work that we do within grassroots and much of the community work that our development officers do. With the regional managers that Mr. Hill mentioned within each of the eight regions, we are now able to facilitate those conversations directly about facilities, infrastructure and what core programmes need.

Longford is a good example. The Senator referenced where 13 of the 15 clubs are renting facilities. Not only can they not access some of the funding that is available, they are paying €20,000 or €30,000 a year just to train before they even play matches. Those are the type of conversations that we are now having locally with the local authorities.