Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree. I think that sports capital grant schemes is one of the best grant schemes that we have through government. A great many clubs have benefited from it across the country. It is a very fair and equitable scheme. Clubs benefit where we get to engage with them, advise them and we learn the lessons from applications that were not successful.

I am working on a particular one in west Wicklow, which is the subject of Question No. 22 on sports capital grants which we will not reach. Crossing the mountains in Wicklow one reaches west Wicklow an area where people always consider they do not get as much as in the east. I would be eager to look a sports facility, swimming pool and running track, as well as sports pitches for Blessington Football Club. People need to go to Sallins, Naas or Tallaght to find a swimming pool. The area merits it and I hope that application can be considered favourably.

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