TO EVERYONE IN IRELAND DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. FUNDING TO SPORT MADE POSSIBLE BY TAXPAYERS SUPPORTS:

	1.	Programmes run by sports organisations designed to introduce people to and increase participation in sport
	2.	Ensuring children participating in sport are suitably protected and their welfare provided for
	3.	Employment across the sport and leisure industry
	4.	Day to day running of national sports organisations
	5.	Qualification and training programmes for sports coaches
	6.	The running of local sports partnerships – the 32 local authority supported organisations designed to increase participation sport within their community
	7.	The High Performance Programmes of National Sporting Organisations & the Paralympic Council of Ireland
	8.	Elite & developing elite athletes
	9.	Anti-Doping
	10.	A Research Programme around participation in sport

THEREFORE A REDUCTION IN THE FUNDING MADE POSSIBLE BY TAXPAYERS WILL:

	1.	Reduce opportunities for people to participate in sport especially those less likely to “play”
	2.	Put children participating in sport at increased risk
	3.	Impact on the capacity of national sporting organisations to deliver sport
	4.	Cause job losses and expertise across the sports industry
	5.	Threaten the existence of Local Sports Partnerships
	6.	Impede our athletes’ chances at London 2012 & 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games
	7.	Impact on the quality and development of coaching in Ireland
	8.	Allow talented athletes to slip through the net
	9.	Reduce the effectiveness of the anti-doping programme thereby impacting on Ireland’s reputation abroad
	10.	Prevent research and analysis thereby inhibiting ongoing development of effective sports policy and improvement of current policies and procedures