Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

The Minister of State mentioned that one of the objectives of local sports partnerships is to examine the existing network of facilities throughout the country. If the Minister of State were to take this report when it is published in a few months time and examine the map of where the facilities exist, he could tailor the sports capital programme to the lack of coverage in certain areas. The days of the €2 million, €3 million and €4 million projects are gone because clubs will not be able to get co-financing from banks. Even raising money locally is very difficult. Smaller grants may need to be made available for developing existing facilities or building new facilities in the current economic climate.

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