Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think we would all like to see our men's and women's teams do well, but there could not be any suggestion that this Government does not support sporting organisations. Hundreds of millions of euro have been invested in sporting organisations the length and breadth of the country, including soccer clubs or football clubs overall. As regards investing specifically in individual organisations, the Government supports sporting organisations of all kinds. There has to be good governance, and we have to ensure that the funding is spent where it is supposed to be spent, but at all times the Government will work with and engage with the various representative bodies to make sure that players, importantly, get the funding and the support they need.

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