Mr. John Treacy:

This is a Government initiative to merge the two State sporting bodies; one is for the development of the campus site and the other is the Irish Sports Council which is responsible for sports development. Currently, we have a lease through the OPW in the area of Blanchardstown which costs about €180,000 per year. In terms of the campus, there are plans afoot to locate the new agency in Abbotstown House but money has to be found for it. As the cost will be about €5 million, I think we will be waiting for a while. I do not anticipate any additional costs in terms of moving office as we are all in the same area. It is a purely administrative type merger. As there will be one board and one chief executive in place, there will be savings in that area. The legislation outlines the various functions. We are happy that all the functions of the Irish Sports Council are being retained. A sub-committee will be set up by the council to deal with coaching, high performance and anti-doping and there will be the campus development. I do not know if there will be huge cost savings as the merger is administrative more than anything else. I do not know if my chairman, Mr. Kieran Mulvey, wants to say anything on it.