Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I find that surprising because I would have thought it was the purview of the Irish Sports Council to decide on funding. The money comes from the taxpayer to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. There is then a legal process under which the council operates in the disbursal of those funds. I find it a little surprising that the Minister of State intervened and was proposing a financial package, which seemed to raise questions about his relationship with the council. That is a separate issue. I just wanted to clarify that it was not the Irish Sports Council that put forward the proposal but the Minister of State.