Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Ms Heneghan. While I accept that gets around the problem of insurance, I feel that it is a shame that sometimes when we, as a Government and as a society, invest in infrastructural equipment which will only be used during certain hours of the day, 183 days a year, we do not grant access to others who could use it on the other days of the year. We need to start moving towards more community sharing of all the types of facilities we have, be it in schools or in the community. I accept Ms Heneghan's point, however.

I will direct a number of questions towards Mr. Ward. He and his colleagues will be the final speakers in this session. It would be great if he could answer some questions.