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

Alan Kelly: It was to see if I could get a fresh view.

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

Alan Kelly: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Foley, but time is precious. I am really asking him - it would not be fair to ask Dr. May because she is the chairperson - whether he thinks Sport Ireland's role needs to slightly change and evolve because of this gap. There is no official regulator. We obviously have the ODCE and the Charities Regulator for small organisations. Then there is Sport Ireland,...

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

Alan Kelly: There is that gap. From the point of view of public demand, that gap will have to be filled somehow. I do not believe this is through setting up another organisation.

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

Alan Kelly: In the future, we might look at a recommendation from this committee in relation to that role, because there is that gap and I think everyone sees it now. My second question relates to the recent FAI report in relation to future development. It is a very interesting report and I think it is quite a good report as regards setting out the lack of investment, particularly at a grassroots...

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

Alan Kelly: I know the representatives have not offered an opinion, but I am asking Dr. May her opinion now. What is her opinion on it?

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

Alan Kelly: If the FAI were to write to Sport Ireland with a business case based around it, would they offer an opinion on it?

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

Alan Kelly: I know that, but what about if they were to ask for Sport Ireland's opinion? They are Sport Ireland at the end of the day.

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

Alan Kelly: Sorry, no. I do not agree.

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

Alan Kelly: I do not really agree with that. This is another example of confusion. My third question will go into that. That is Sport Ireland's role. Their role is development. They cannot develop anything without capital. How can Dr. May say it is not their role? Basically, some silo in the Department decides we will build this, that and the other, and then Sport Ireland says "yeah that's grand"....

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

Alan Kelly: I am not asking Dr. May to do that.

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

Alan Kelly: Sorry, I have only a minute. That is good news. I am delighted to hear a full audit is being done. Because of Covid, that was much-needed because we learned a lot during Covid. Sport Ireland is doing a facilities audit across sports but cannot have an opinion on capital funding from the Department and there is a disconnect there. That is another recommendation, Chairman, we might look...

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

Alan Kelly: Down to what level? Is it ground level or just at national level?

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

Alan Kelly: Has Sport Ireland done an audit on every facility in each county?

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

Alan Kelly: They are generic guidelines.

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

Alan Kelly: When it comes to the sports capital programme, does Sport Ireland ever offer an opinion outside of the generic stuff relating to disabilities, female-male and so on? Does it offer opinions to the Department saying such a sport has not got a fair crack of the whip and is down on facilities compared to another sport, etc.?

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

Alan Kelly: I am not talking about applications. I am talking about cycling versus boxing versus taekwondo.

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

Alan Kelly: When will it be completed?

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

Alan Kelly: There is a new sports capital programme coming out, Chair. Maybe a third recommendation is the sports capital process of awarding grants should not happen until this audit is done. I thank the witnesses for their answers and apologise. I only had ten minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that Iarnród Éireann will take to ensure that older people with no credit cards or computer skills will still be able to pay cash for refreshments onboard Iarnród Éireann Intercity trains. [28695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (14 Jun 2023)

Alan Kelly: 90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amounts of funding allocated to soccer clubs and soccer organisations around the country through the sports capital funding programme, by year since its inception, in tabular form. [28629/23]