James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

The Government has made clear that a focus on capital investment is a key and central priority of this Government. The Taoiseach will have seen the report today from KPMG identifying that a €70 billion investment in Dublin will be needed. That is in the area of housing and wastewater, but investment that always produces returns is investment in sport. The Federation of Irish Sport held a well-attended briefing this morning in the AV room where it emphasised the need for multiannual funding in sport to support the more than 450,000 volunteers participating in sport and the return on that investment for the State. The Minister of State might comment on any of the submissions the federation is making, both at a budgetary level and in general, in terms of the investment the Government is going to continue to make in sport.

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