Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Professor McAleese mentioned her three colleagues alongside her and how long the various associations have been in place. Thankfully, although this island is politically divided, most of our sporting organisations operate on a 32-county basis, with soccer being the only odd one out. When the Football Association of Ireland, FAI and the Irish Football Association, IFA, tried to have a merger back in the thirties and forties, it was not politics or religion that stood in the way but, rather, the reduction in blazers from two sets to one set. I am not too sure whether the reduction in the number of blazers on either side of Professor McAleese could prove problematic.

Mr. Naughton mentioned in his statement, as did Professor McAleese, the audit of existing facilities that is now under way. I ask Mr. Naughton to briefly outline the kinds of constraints and stresses the LGFA is under with regard to facilities at the moment?