David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with what was said about Glanmire. Turning to the issue of clubs and organisations establishing and building major or minor sporting facilities, one of the issues that arises is the availability of land and sites for these projects. We are hoping to build many houses. As a former Minister of State in the Department of Justice and Equality, I am concerned about antisocial behaviour if we build more and more houses but no sporting facilities and infrastructure as part of this endeavour. Will the Minister of State agree with me that this is something that must be looked at and reviewed urgently and that we need to start ring-fencing land for sporting facilities, such as swimming pools, soccer pitches, football pitches, running tracks and so on?

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