John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

On the first question, it is up to each national organisation as to how it gets involved. The FAI has embarked on this in its scheme. However, it would be wrong to send out the signal that others do not. I am aware that the GAA in Dublin has development officers. Probably as a result of the structure of the GAA, there is only one GAA club in my village whereas there are several soccer clubs. The GAA provides development officers who work with existing GAA clubs. While it is a different model, we should not indicate that it is only soccer that has provided this linkage. The officers are employed and work out of the local authorities rather than out of the FAI buildings.

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