Ms Gillian Coughlan:

Even that, sports capital funding is such a complex rigmarole. It comes from communities which is important as well. We really need to bring that back. We are very fortunate in Ireland that our communities are very politically engaged. My goodness, there is some amount of work done by community groups and the voluntary sector. Let us not throw the baby out with bath water. We have excellent community groups. We liaise with them and have structures such as the public participation networks, PPNs, and the strategic policy committees that work with them to deliver and have their voice heard in policymaking. It is just delivery and the legitimacy of the delivery. It is a frustration we hear a lot in so many policy areas.