Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

It would be unfair for any of us to give the impression that nothing is going on in that area and I do not think Deputy Upton suggests that. Many schools are trying hard and doing their best for students from age 15 upwards and putting on physical education programmes. An amount of the sports capital programme money allocated in recent years has gone to more than 60 different sports. We tend to think of football when we look at that scheme but there is a range of up to 60 other sports and they engage the attention of many 15 to 19 year olds in quite a systematic way. Quite an amount is going on, Deputy Upton says we can do more and that is true. I will take a close look at the options available.

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