Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but there was an attempt by the previous chair to seek a higher level. That was reported in the media. Will Dr. May clarify how that came about?

The final question is a simple one and is not FAI-related. Sport Ireland provides the local sports partnership grants. I was previously chair of the LCDC. Dublin city receives a grant of €454,000, which is in line with pretty much every other local authority. The difficulty is that Dublin city has 588,000 people. My colleague beside me is from Mayo. That county receives broadly the same amount of funding despite being home to only 137,000 people. Can Dr. May give any rationale for why the division between all the sports partnership grants are so equal when there are large disparities in population?