Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is an examination of the cost benefit which is a prudent and appropriate thing to do. We will examine the ratio to see whether any potential bid will stack up. It is important not to put the investment in facilities beside the potential investment in securing the hosting of an event which could bring a multiple of benefits to Ireland. We know major events have a positive economic benefit.

We are committed to investment in grassroots. In the past two weeks, we announced the single biggest historic investment in grassroots sport and a multiple increase in investment in grassroots football clubs across the country. There is a significant spectrum of investment in grassroots structures of League of Ireland clubs in the past two weeks. In terms of the largescale sports infrastructure fund, we have an ongoing investment towards the design work on Dalymount Park and there has been some drawdown of that in order that it can progress that work.

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