Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State for her reply and I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise the matter. I appreciate that the Minister of State is not at the Department but given that she stated in her reply that it is a common misconception that the programme has been discontinued, where does the €48 million go and why have the clubs been told by the Department that no sports capital funding is available? How is it that Deputy Michael McGrath in a newsletter can state the sports capital programme grant is to be reopened when we have been told in the reply today that there are no plans to reopen it? How can we answer that? Who is telling the truth? Is it Deputy McGrath or the Minister of State?