Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. That is the intent here. The aim of the two funds proposed is to accelerate the provision of open access sports equipment in biodiversity-rich community settings. It seeks to provide low-cost sports capital and equipment grants for the purchase and installation of that permanent sports equipment that can be placed on land which, as the Deputy is saying, is just lying there and can be used for the wider community. As I said, an example is table tennis tables on council-owned land. The aim with the spare portion of the fund is to support nature connectedness with a specific focus on supporting the biodiversity of surrounding environments on such land. This is really good news for all our clubs and local communities.

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