Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not want to go into the detail of any organisation's finances, but it is well documented and known that the FAI would have difficulty coming up with a funding stream to match the funding provided by the Government.

I believe this project was initially floated in 2016. Funding was approved in 2020. That is a significant period and planning permission has already been extended once. It cannot be extended a second time. My understanding is that there are two or two and a half years left in the existing planning permission. The clock is ticking, but there has been little progress in getting the project back on the road towards delivery.

The Minister of State outlined that this would not only be significant for Cork city, but also for Munster, schools soccer, the Cork Athletic Union League, the Cork Munster senior league and so on. Will the Minister of State intervene and attend a meeting with the FAI and other stakeholders in the coming months?

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