It discharges these responsibilities through its wholly owned subsidiary NSCDA (Operations) Ltd.[citation needed] The National Sports Campus is in the Abbotstown area of Blanchardstown, in the western suburbs of Dublin.

This area was formerly "mainly open farmland" and previously accommodated the Marine Institute, State Laboratory and a farm operated by the Department of Agriculture.

[10] The FAI moved from its former headquarters on Merrion Square in Dublin city centre, to its new offices on the National Sports Campus, in late 2007.

[6] In October 2013, the NSCDA completed the development of high performance training facilities for athletes in a variety of sporting disciplines including modern pentathlon, fencing, pistol-shooting, and gymnastics.

[12] For example, in March 2015, Fingal County Council gave planning permission for an indoor velodrome to be constructed as part of the National Sports Campus.