This morning, I want to raise the upcoming new round of sports capital grants and the proposed introduction of the arts capital grant. It will be good to have both schemes. The arts capital grant is a new scheme. The sports capital grant benefits every community, town and village throughout the country. I reiterate the point I have made previously about some areas having a low amount of sporting infrastructure. Perhaps an urban area is without all-weather playing fields, for example, AstroTurf pitches, while other parts of a county or area may have an abundance of AstroTurf, athletics tracks and pitches. I ask the Minister for sport and the Government to see to it that a fair weighting is applied in order to make sure that areas which do not have proper sporting infrastructure, be it athletics tracks or all-weather pitches, get preferential treatment and support. There are some towns and villages that have a great supply of sporting infrastructure because they have committees and local authorities that are both on the ball and competent in terms of delivering projects. Other places might not benefit because the same skill set does not exist there. It is very important that we have a fair balance in order that no community or area will be left behind when it comes to sporting infrastructure. I would welcome the Leader's support in having this communicated to the powers that be.

I reiterate my support for the upcoming arts scheme. It will be a great addition for clubs and communities around the country. It is very badly needed. We have a very vibrant amateur dramatics scene that will now be able to avail of it. Choral groups will also be able to benefit from the scheme. It is very welcome.

I want to give a shout out to Tom Bourke and Bryan Hyland from Westport in County Mayo, who will be rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic in aid of the Daisy Lodge in Cong, County Mayo. It is an incredible undertaking, and they have been training for some time. They will raise much-needed funds for such an important cause. I wish them the very best and a safe voyage across the Atlantic. All of us in Mayo are very proud of them.