Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)

Does the Minister agree the sports capital programme has operated as something of a slush fund? When Deputy McDaid was the Minister with responsibility for sport did the current Minister intervene to ask him to look favourably at the funding application of the Killorglin rowing club, which is in the Minister's constituency? Is it the case that the club had scored 63 points when the approval rate was 70 points and that funding followed the current Minister's intervention?

Does the Minister agree the Government made a decision recently whereby the funding from the Dormant Accounts Disbursement Board will no longer be disbursed by the independent board but by the Government? Is it now the case that where we have more than one slush fund operating a new one will come into operation soon?

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