Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I agree. It is the view that the fact that the Olympics will be held in London in 2012 will provide opportunities in a range of areas such as tourism and directly with athletes in terms of facilities. There are also business opportunities. As I stated, the report is in but I have not read it and I do not want to guess at it. An issue that arose was the quality of some of the physical infrastructural facilities available to athletes. They were not up to a standard required to attract countries and their athletes to come here prior to the 2012 Olympics. This is a key issue that must be examined. It is a priority because four years is not that far away.

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