Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will certainly give that consideration. I think all of us in this House can agree that funding for sports and funding for sports capital is taxpayers' money really well spent. I am a former Minister for sport. I have seen in my constituency how sporting facilities have been transformed from the national sports campus to local clubs across Dublin 15 and Dublin 7. It benefits us in so many different ways. It creates local jobs in communities all over the country often for relatively small construction firms. It is good for physical health, good for children, good for mental health, good for community and also helps to nurture those new athletes of the future who go on to high performance and win medals and trophies for the country. There are very few better ways to spend taxpayers' money than on sport. I assure the Deputy that we are working together to make sure we make progress on all of those things over the course of the year.

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