Public money, we are constantly told, is in short supply and scarce. I am sure that it is, and will continue to be so. Yet, while many in the House pay lip service to the need to prioritise health, there seems to be a majority here who would prioritise public spending on a sporting facility, namely Casement Park. That is a project that might well swallow up more than £300 million of public money, yet it is blindly endorsed by that majority, which comprises Sinn Féin, the Alliance Party and the SDLP. Of course, that is done with repetition of the habitual demand that the British Government should foot the bill.

Last week, a 'News Letter' editorial rightly drew attention to the fact that there is a chorus of demand that it is up to the British Government to pay for that, but no pressure whatsoever on the GAA — the primary beneficiary — which still persists that its contribution will be a miserly £15 million. It was £15 million when the whole project was meant to cost £70-something million, and it is still £15 million when it is likely to cost over £300 million. As that editorial pointed out, that is an untenable position. If the GAA wants the stadium, it has to put its hand into its own deep pockets. It is the richest sporting organisation in Northern Ireland, yet it thinks that it should sponge off the British taxpayer to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds. That editorial stated that the DUP "should make clear" its view on the Casement Park costs. Yet, yesterday, we had the launch of the DUP manifesto and not a mention of Casement Park. We have a Minister — Minister Lyons — who has ruled out clawback for non-GAA use of that stadium.

I say to the House that, at a time when we all profess a belief in the need to fund education and health, we really need to get a grip of that runaway project and realise that, if it is to be provided —

The Member's time is up.

— it should be provided in the same proportion as was provided for rugby and football and nothing more.

The Member's time is up. Thank you.