James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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It has been a difficult period for tourism, particularly as it recovers post Covid. It has been difficult and, in addition to that, there is the war in Ukraine.

I wish to follow on from some of the comments of my colleagues. The sports capital grant programme is representative of one of the most positive parts of what the current Government has implemented. It is one of the most grassroots aspects of our political system, where we can work with local organisations. The funding pot this year was so large that nearly everybody who had a valid application, if not all valid applications, were in some way provided with funding that they need. This is a system that, from top to bottom, if clubs have done the correct and necessary preparation and gone to the trouble of bringing in the people they need, whether it is the agronomists, GAA clubs, soccer clubs, consultants and so on and so forth, there is a positive outcome. That is to be cherished and guarded.

I wish to get a bit of insight into the review done. Do the witnesses mind naming the people who were on that review process?