Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the previous speaker on the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. There is a question on that fund coming up and I would like to contribute on that as well, if I may.

I reiterate the importance of the sports capital programme for our communities. If we were not investing as we are and have been over a number of years, that counterfactual scenario would not be very positive. I commend the Ministers on the supports they have given to clubs right across the country. I can see it in my city of Limerick and in the clubs I mentioned in my earlier contribution. We are really leveraging the goodwill and hard work of volunteers in our community. The benefit of that goodwill and hard work to our society is invaluable. The investment in terms of euros may come to millions, and it is right that it is in the millions, but the benefit is many multiples of that.

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