Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

I refer to the answer to my previous question in which the Minister said that €54 million was allocated to the Irish Sports Council in 2007 and the overall budget for sport in 2007 was €295 million. While we certainly welcome that investment, much of it was given to capital projects. We need to consider value for money. With the additional subsidy to the aquatic centre, when does the Minister expect it to reach break even? For how long will the taxpayer continue to support the centre? It is a considerable drain given that a commitment should be going into other sporting activities. One would have hoped it would have reached break even by now.

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