All politics is local. Please forgive me for raising an issue related to my local GAA club, Meelick GAA club in south Clare. I played with the club, very poorly, for many years. The club has put a request before the Minister’s Department to purchase a piece of State-owned land located at the rear of its stand. This land is not being used for any purpose. It is rough pasture. There was a donkey on it the last time I was down there watching a match. Can the Minister please sign off on the proposal? They want to buy it. They are not looking for a gift. It is with the Department, and the club submitted maps in the springtime. It is not an overly complicated case. The club are really hoping for some good news from the Minister’s Department this summer and from the OPW.

Can the Minister guarantee that the donkey will not be evicted?

There will have to be another home found for him anyway.

That is an awful thing to say about a GAA player.

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue on behalf of Meelick GAA club. I will look into the issue with the OPW. In general, where State land is adjoining an existing sports club that has ambitions around expansion, and if there is no other intended use for the land, the State, in principle, is supportive of disposing that land, either by a means of a freehold agreement or long-term lease to such a club in order that it can improve on their facilities. I will look into the specific case.