Mr. Donagh Morgan:

From the departmental side, the background to the merger legislation arises from Government policy in relation to quangos or State agencies and the reduction of those. That is where the idea for merging the two organisations came from. There will not be any massive savings on it. Mr. Treacy has already indicated that the Irish Sports Council has fewer than 40 staff and campus staff number about 4.2 The savings means there will be a reduction in the board but there will not be any staff losses. As Mr. Treacy said, it is an administrative process with the functions of the two organisations being brought together.