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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: I can get that. I do not have the details of the schools here but the amounts for disadvantaged areas is 50%. The question of more open access and opening up the schools was raised as well. In many cases where the schools have applied, as has been said and acknowledged, they do have the assets. In every single case, private and public, where a school makes an application, that school must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: The definition of sport used by the Council of Europe is often used as a guide and it refers to "all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: Exactly. Bridge could be considered under the mental well-being category.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: We would be happy to consider that. Senator O'Mahony asked a question. I will deal with the schools issue. Perhaps the Minister of State will deal with the issue of large sports infrastructure and minority sports. He is better equipped to deal with those issues than I. I presume the school to which the Senator refers is Wesley College. That was a joint application, made with the Young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: I think there will be a nominal fee. I am not sure but I think we are talking about something very small. Maybe they have to pay an overhead if they are using the lighting or that sort of thing. I do not think there is any consistent fee. They are getting the use of the facilities for 15 years. It is a huge benefit to the surrounding community. I suppose the officials who made the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: This is a joint application that will benefit a large number of people in the community. The facilities could not be made accessible to absolutely everybody-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: -----because it is only one pitch. However, the college is making it available to people who would never otherwise get access to it, which I think is a very worthy objective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: I will come to Deputy Munster's questions in a minute. Perhaps the Minister of State can deal with the questions from Senator Feighan. Deputy O'Keeffe asked about extending the sports capital scheme for another year. I agree with him about this scheme. It is a fantastic scheme. It is phenomenal and we would like to be able to do it every single year. One of the Deputies, I think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: Deputy Troy is very strong on interruption but very low on content.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: Let me go on. In this case, the recommendations were made by officials. They came before the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, and me for signature. We did not change one comma, one allocation, one place, one position or anything whatsoever, at any stage. This is unique. The appeals also reached the Ministers and exactly the same thing happened. It was determined that we would not come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: I will read some of them. One states the club would benefit greatly from any funding made available to it and that the Deputy would appreciate it if I was to consider its application positively. What would happen if I was to consider it positively? What was the Deputy asking me to do? Was he asking me to sit back and consider it positively, or waste my time? I have eight letters from him...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: I was not going to interfere in the way the Deputy asked me to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: The Deputy asked me continuously to meet sports clubs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: The Deputy can come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: Nobody asked me to interfere with the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: Look at these. There are eight letters from the Deputy asking me to look favourably on clubs in his area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: Then he comes to me to say one in his area got through on appeal. Let me tell him other things about my area. Every appeal in my area failed, including those made by Our Lady's Grove and St. Columba's College. Let me tell the Deputy the story about it since he is making these accusations. My father was a governor of St. Columba's College which both of my children attended. One cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: No, the Deputy asked me to look favourably on them. What am I going to do if I look favourably on them? This is the height of hypocrisy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: That is the last resort, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: I will now talk to the Deputy about the timetable.