Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Before I let our guests back in I wish to comment on something Deputy Howlin just said. For sports capital, my local authority area put a programme in place where officers of the council met all the organisations and the failure of application rate went down. About 20% were failing and that went down to about 1%. That was just by something that is effectively what Deputy Howlin is suggesting on a European level. It is just supplying the basic information. There is another thing which is unfair for our visitors to comment on so I will make the comment. When it comes to funding, there is a certain tendency of Irish politicians to declare everything came from them and forget that Mr. Europe was in the background. I know it is a bit unfair to ask our guests to say that to us as politicians. Deputy Howlin has some very solid questions. Who would like to start?