Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Kirwan may be saying it and I do not doubt his sincerity; perhaps, therefore, I should say how much I admire his work. He mentioned Manorhamilton. There has been a boxing tradition there for a long time. With everyone else, I am bursting with pride at what our boxers are doing. It raises serious questions for the Irish Sports Council about other high performance units, for example, that in athletics which, despite all of the hype surrounding it, has failed to be as successful as the boxing high performance unit. Why is it that the sport of boxing had this unique coach or series of coaches who succeeded so well? The structure from the bottom up has obviously contributed. I recognise all of this, but I am still of the view that something is inherently wrong with the process of the past eight months. That is what I am trying to get at, despite what Mr. Kirwan is saying.