Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

This is a golden opportunity to advertise Ireland and the facilities available here. As the Minister of State noted, facilities such as the National Aquatic Centre and the National Sports Campus, as well as other sites in Limerick and elsewhere, will be utilised. As this is a great opportunity to attract both teams and tourists, it is important that we make an effort. Any way by which incentives can be made available to visitors to come here should be considered because of the importance of this event. It also will provide Ireland with an opportunity to demonstrate what it can do to support these events, even though they are being hosted by our nextdoor neighbours. However, this constitutes an important relationship-building exercise with them.

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