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

Brian Stanley: Just to follow on from what Deputy Murphy said on disadvantage, an index or measurement is available. It used to be based on what was known as Gamma statistics back in the 1990s. There is a new name for it now but it eludes me. There can be areas that look quite prosperous but within them, there can be pockets of serious disadvantage. We see that in farming too and in the context of...

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

Brian Stanley: Let us stick to "Yes" or "No" answers. Sport Ireland is using offices on the site but it also administers and has governance of the site. Is that correct?

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

Brian Stanley: Is it the case that Sport Ireland's own headquarters are finished now?

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

Brian Stanley: On the stadium, and this may be a question for the Department, is the plan still to push ahead with a Bertie Bowl or a Leo Bowl? Is there still talk of that? Maybe someone from the Department could answer that question.

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

Brian Stanley: I will come to that in a minute.

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

Brian Stanley: Obviously, the title deed holder is the State, but this is managed by Sport Ireland. What part of the campus is in use at the moment? We will say it is 500 acres.

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

Brian Stanley: What is happening with the other 250 acres?

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

Brian Stanley: No.

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

Brian Stanley: I am asking you, today, what is happening with those 250 acres? If I go out there, what will I see?

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

Brian Stanley: Is it still agricultural use or-----

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

Brian Stanley: So is it leased to someone?

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

Brian Stanley: That is all right. That is what I wanted to find out. May I ask Sport Ireland about the contractual claim? As I understand it, the work is finished on this courtyard office, which is Sport Ireland's own offices. Where is that at at the moment? Is it going into the legal track or is it being sorted out by some dispute mechanism?

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

Brian Stanley: What body is overseeing that at the moment? Is it in some dispute mechanism?

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

Brian Stanley: So it is just face to face, the two of you.

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

Brian Stanley: What was the overall budget for that project? What was the contract, the final figure?

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

Brian Stanley: What is it in the range of?

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

Brian Stanley: What level of construction inflation was there in that project over its lifetime, from the point it started out?

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

Brian Stanley: Have some claims been settled at this point?

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

Brian Stanley: Did you have to amend the budget at any point?

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

Brian Stanley: Yes.