Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the legacy issue, I take the Senator's point that this should not be a once-off flash in the pan. The tournament budget provides for investment in approximately 40 training facilities across the country for visiting teams. Many of these facilities will be in existing rugby and other sports clubs, which will leave a legacy of improved facilities for all those clubs. The tournament budget will also provide for a legacy programme for the development of the sport. Although some temporary facilities will be put into host stadia, permanent facilities such as floodlights will leave a positive legacy for those stadia. There will also be a legacy of long-term benefit for tourism through the country's raised profile and also the prospect of repeat visits. In some ways, the legacy is intangible but it will hopefully be very real. I would also join the joint protest. It would be my first time to march with Sinn Féin.