Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

The major investment of phase 1 of the development of the sports campus was announced three times by the Minister and his predecessor. As recently as July the Minister visited the sports campus and said he looked forward to the development being ready to train our athletes for the 2012 Olympics. Can the Minister clarify if this investment is going ahead and will it be ready to train athletes for the 2012 Olympics?

This is a 500 acre site and precious little has happened to it for some time. How much is this costing the taxpayer? The campus is lying idle with nothing more there than the offices of the FAI, which is wonderful for the FAI but I cannot see how the fortune of sport is significantly increased by giving it offices.

The Minister mentioned the state-of-the-art swimming pool and I submitted a question on this. Is the swimming pool paying its way? The Minister might clarify that; last year it required a subsidy of €2 million ——

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