Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

I am told that all of those involved in this activity in the Army are working flat out and that all their time is taken up. With regard to making facilities such as gyms and PE halls available, this is done on a local basis. It is up to the local barracks that has the facilities. People make their own arrangements at local level and sometimes they tell us about them and sometimes they do not. That is fine with us. I reiterate that this is a matter primarily for the Minister for Education and Science. However, if the Minister approaches me and wants to establish a multi-agency approach to this we will certainly have an input into it.

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