Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Some €1.5 million will be allocated to our high performance athletes in preparation for the Tokyo Olympic games. I am very pleased with that and I know that our high performance athletes are pleased with it as well. Those athletes inspire community participation and inspire people to get involved in sport, which has an overarching effect on everybody. Some €40 million will go towards the sports capital programme while the new large scale sports infrastructure fund, which will distribute €63 million to projects over the next four years. It has been a positive budget for tourism and sport and I look forward to working with everybody on the front line in both sectors in the coming year.

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