Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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When I was looking at this when preparing for the meeting, I noticed that on page 2, it set out the marking scheme. It was designed to favour projects that were – wait for this – identified by as a priority by the local authority or a national governing body, were multifunctional in nature and cater for a number of sports, provide facilities that are open to the general public, meet the needs of mixed groups and clubs and associations, and prioritise the needs of disadvantaged areas and groups, including people with disabilities. The last one was projects that "provide substantial level of match-funding from the project sponsors". It does not deal with the issue of population that the Deputy raised. That is the one left out of it. The Department officials needs to get their heads around this. What did the Deputy say was the population without a pool again?