Since the Irish Olympic Council was established in 1999 promises have been made to build proper sporting indoor facilities. Working committees were established to identify how we could best tap into the London Olympic Games which will take place only 297 days from today. There is no hard evidence to suggest that the original target set by the then Governments have been achieved. It is fair to say, however, that it was the Fine Gael Minister of State for sport, Bernard Allen, who had the vision and leadership under his watch in the mid-1990s to initiate this statutory body. The result to which I have alluded can be seen on and off the field. The proof is in the pudding. The work of the Irish Sports Council and the Department of sport in general is getting on with its business of producing the goods.