Jordan Lee says he wants to secure qualification for next summer's Paralympic Games in Paris as early in 2024 as he can.
The Kerry high jumper finished ninth in Tokyo two years ago and feels that he can go much better next time around.
There are Para Athletics World Championships in Japan in May of next year, but Lee is hoping to have his place in Paris secured before that.
"We're still in the process of planning," he said as he helped Permanent TSB to launch their plan to Turn Paris Green.
"We would ideally want to get it done early in the season, between the January and March period in indoors.
"There isn't a certainty that I'm going to go to Worlds yet, it all depends how the start of the season goes. The hope is to perform well at the start [of the year] to allow me to go to worlds.
"The high performance standard was only released on Friday. It's 1.87m so that isn't an issue, touch wood."
At the last Paralympic Games two years ago Lee's best jump was 1.74. It was a big disappointment for him owing to the fact that he has managed to clear a PB height of 1.95 in previous competitions.
But Lee lays the blame squarely at his own door.
"Tokyo is always an interesting one to talk on from a performance perspective," he acknowledges.
"I'm always open about the fact that it was a shocking performance and I hold my hands up to it. There's no excuses or hiding away from it.
"It could have been a case that my taper coming into the competition wasn't up to standard. It was more than likely just a case that I didn't perform.
"I've got to hold myself accountable for that. When you win or lose it's all on you, there's a lot of accountability on your shoulders. I know there's a team around me to be able to get me to the right position but it is me that's going to be jumping."
"I had my cry about it for a day," he continues.
"I wasn't pleased at all. There's no point trying to make excuses about it. When I went home and saw my family I had to acknowledge the competition as was it was, sit down with my team and discuss changes that had to be made.
"Changes have been and the team has expanded. There are new coaches in different areas.
"I'm a firm believer that if you win or you lose, you can't dwell on it for too long because if you dwell on winning, you're not going to want to get better and be satisfied.
"Tokyo was a competition that I wouldn't say mentally shook me but it was a mental opener. I just didn't perform well here when I had typically performed quite well under pressure."
And while it didn't happen in Tokyo, Lee is adamant that the set back hasn't damaged his motivation to succeed in Paris.
"I've always been a very self motivated person from my upbringing as a person with a very visible disability," he says.
"There was often times where people would try to put me down, say certain things and attempt to bully me in a way.
"It was something that I never allowed happen because I'd always been told to be myself and not please people; just to be Jordan Lee.
"There have been so many times in my life where people have said I can't do something and a lot more personal, in-depth things that I won't get in to.
"It's something that's always in the back of my mind, something that really motivates me, is when people doubt me. It's such a huge motivator.
"The competition is getting better and it's at such a high standard now. The bar is always, quite literally, getting raised. I need to be able to match it, I've got no choice.
"I'm not just jumping for myself or my family, it's for the whole country. I've got to show up, there's no ifs or buts about it."
