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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: But, Mr. Murray, how many high-performance cyclists are there in the State-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: -----participating at competitive level?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am all for cycling, by the way. I am not against cycling-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: What I am trying to get to here is that there is a pot of money, a certain amount of money, for sport from the Department, and here we are going to build a velodrome. I actually had to check what a velodrome was, excuse my ignorance, before this meeting. I was not sure what a velodrome was. It struck me that we are going to enter into such a big capital project on the basis that there is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Could I-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I do not know if Dr. May is familiar with the cycle track that runs across the Slieve Bloom Mountains from Laois to Offaly.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: That track needs to be finished. Its completion is important. I have been a supporter of that cycle track. Without being too parochial, I will ask Dr. May about St. Fergal's College, Rathdowney. We met the Minister for Education yesterday about the school's need for a school hall. It was built as a vocational school in 1937. It covers the southern third of Laois and there is no indoor...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: A wheelchair user will be coming to the school in the coming year. That person, who is involved in sport, will be excluded. There are children with disabilities in the school. The children who are using the ASD unit will need physical space but they do not have indoor space. The unit is 11 m wide. Its length has gone out of my head but I had written it down. Regardless, it is unsuitable...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I have mentioned schools, disabilities and minorities. I have mentioned two of the minorities who will be in the community soon. One group is already there and another group will be there soon. I can draw a line from Abbeyleix to Mountrath and the part of the county south of that line is without a sports hall. There is a need there. I am trying to be careful not to put our guests on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: The ETBs would be the title deed holders. They have in the past given long-term leases on pieces of land for sports facilities where there was collaboration. That will come down to the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board, LOETB. That may be an option. Mr. Ó Lionáin is saying that openness is there. The Department might bear that in mind in the context of discussions...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: In 2019, the FAI had liabilities of the order of €70 million. What is the current position in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: What does Mr. McLoughlin think the current figure is?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Is it a completely new board or has there been some overlap with the old board?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Are representatives from Sport Ireland on the board?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Three men?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: It will be able to catch up with the Dáil - just about. I thank the witnesses from Sport Ireland and the two gentlemen from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for their work in preparing for today's meeting and for the information they provided. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and the staff of his office for attending and assisting the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: The business before the committee this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts of financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. I will move on to the first item. The minutes of the meeting of 1 June 2023 have been circulated to members. Does any member wish to raise any issue relating to the minutes? Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: What was the extent of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay, it was €652000. That is considerable. We need to correspond with them to find out why that is the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Do any other members wish to make a contribution? I propose that the committee write to the university about the procurement issue, including the fact that the figure is more than the amount we normally accept and ask for an explanation and what corrective action has been taken. Is that agreed? Agreed. As usual, the accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our...