Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council

11:20 am

Photo of Joe CostelloJoe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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I thank Mr. Treacy for his clarification.

On a related matter, to what extent can the Sports Council deal with the current situation of the former national headquarters of the soccer world in Ireland, Dalymount, which, although the witnesses might not be aware of the details, is considerably in debt? It is considering a merger between Bohemians and Shelbourne. The year 2020 is the anniversary of the foundation of the League of Ireland, but that it require a certain amount of capital funding to achieve its independence. Is that the sort of issue the Sports Council can engage on?