Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

An important point in relation to boxing, which we have addressed with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, is the fact that there is a particular need in the communities from which our boxers come.

I agree with the Deputy about the FAI. I see this through my involvement with certain clubs in Dublin. They are supplying a tremendous social need and filling a social gap, particularly in what are euphemistically called working-class areas of the inner cities, and indeed the outer cities. They provide twilight games in such areas, in which the Garda has also been involved, and they run schoolboy leagues between the hours of four and six, so that the young people are minded. I think of one particular club which is exemplary, and I am involved in it to some extent myself - Cherry Orchard. They do tremendous work, which is replicated in other towns, and I agree with the Deputy that there is a social issue that we must address in the promotion of sports. The catch-all model does not always work; we must also balance the commitments between the organisations to some degree because they represent different constituencies. The GAA represents three of our national games specifically, but the Deputy is right that boxing, the FAI and the IRFU, which is at the other end of the scale, are extending around the country as well. We must examine this issue in terms of the criteria we apply.