Mr. John Treacy:

Traditionally, FAI clubs would have been set up in parks around the country and they would not follow the tradition of the other two field sports, the GAA and the IRFU, which would have built facilities around the place. Therefore, the structure is not very strong with regard to having a base and the club structure is a little weaker than the other two main field sports. In saying that, however, without a shadow of a doubt the FAI works relentlessly in socially deprived areas and it gets into areas that a lot of other sporting organisations cannot go near. As I said, it does not have a very strong capital programme around the country-----