Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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A matter I raised with the Irish Sports Council was the fact that 50% of all the grant funding went to the big three organisations - the Football Association of Ireland, FAI, the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA, and the Irish Rugby Football Union, IRFU. Considering the other mechanisms they have for accessing funding, sponsorship and so forth, I asked that it review that and also include a criterion that would be based on need, which it does not have in its existing criteria. The council agreed to do that. Could we ask the council to send us a copy of the new criteria, including the criterion it agreed to include henceforth, for its determination as to how certain bodies, such as boxing and so forth, are to be included in the grant allocation?