Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

Specifically, a large team comprising 200 athletes plus coaches and trainers will travel to China in 2007 for the world games. Special Olympics Ireland has made a request to the Government to provide at least €1.5 million, in order to take one of the largest groups of athletes ever to represent Ireland. Will the Minister accede to this request today? Will he ask the Minister for Finance to include this allocation in the budget?

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