The added cost of the Ireland Sevens' last-gasp Olympic qualification is not an extra burden on Sport Ireland finances, says John Treacy.
The Sevens clinched the final spot on offer for Tokyo last Sunday, which brings the number of Irish athletes heading to the Games to around 100.
“No, it’s a good complaint to have," said the SI chief executive.
"We’re delighted in terms of the success we’ve had in recent times and fingers crossed it continues"
SI's high performance director Paul McDermott said that last year's budget was rolled over to give stability to sports and that athletes knew what the funding was going to be.
"We held back a very significant contingency," said McDermott. "All of that money will be made available.
"There is no additional burden on sports for travel and accommodation.
"We hope to have a bit more money at the end of the year for more strategic funding. At the end of 2021 it will be the most money that has ever come across the high performance programme.
"A certain degree of prudence is required."
They were speaking at the launch of Sport Ireland's High Performance Strategy 2021-32 announcement, with Stephen Maguire appointed to transform Irish coaching over the next decade and €1.3m extra in funding provided for this year.
Liam Sheedy, SI's high performance committee chair, said that recent successes in certain sports, including the Rugby Sevens, Rowing and Boxing, were facilitated by funding made available.
“In anything, when you make an investment you want a return on that," said Sheedy.
"The challenge for the sports is to make the case to say ‘we have a plan in place which is worth investing in, we are ambitious, we want to be sitting on the podiums at the big competitions'."
Jack Chambers, the Minister of State for Sport, said: "If we want to back talent from a young age we’ve got to give that certainty from an early age.
"Having uncertainty in a following year isn’t the right strategy to deliver sporting outcomes."
