Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding
9:30 am
Mr. David Courell:
All I can say is that we are progressing. Once the decision was taken not to proceed with the plan as initially conceived, we established an internal working group. That group had two primary objectives. One was to ensure the site continues to be activated for local benefit, and I will come onto that in a moment. The second objective was to continue to protect the grant that was awarded to Munster and to progress the intention of delivering a centre of excellence in a more strategic location. The Deputy has asked about the site and how it can be activated. We are grateful for the patience of the council and the community.