Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Sorry, I thought it was with one of the later questions.

There is a chronic deficit of pitches and playing facilities across the country. There has been a welcome expansion in participation in sport, particularly in women's sport, but everywhere - certainly in my area - there is a dire deficit of all-weather pitches, pitches generally, decent facilities, facilities with showers and facilities suitable for women. We need to dramatically increase investment in grassroots sports and clubs to provide them with pitches, facilities, clubhouses and resources they need for sport to flourish. Particularly after the success in the Olympics, we want more than politicians jumping in for photographs with successful athletes. We want the investment to be put in at a grassroots level.

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