John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will draw our proceedings to a conclusion with a couple of final questions and observations. Having listened to the discussion for the past four hours, I have a simple question. What would both organisations do differently in the future than they did not do in the past few weeks and months?

To tidy up, I have another question, but perhaps the answer was given earlier. I understand the administrative assistant of Billy Walsh was moved or changed. Why did that happen? That question is for the IABA.

To be as positive as I can - this is an observation, having listened to the discussion for the past four hours - the financial issues were addressed by the IABA in terms of the knock-on effects of a new contract and also by the Irish Sports Council.

Financial issues were addressed by the IABA, in the sense of the knock-on effect from a new contract and all of that, and were then addressed by Sport Ireland. That would be my observation. I am still puzzled by two things, the first of which is the contract. I am not a legal expert and I know Mr. Kirwan answered my previous question. I am puzzled that one side can change a contract but the other side cannot do so unless it breaks the terms or walks away from it. I may be making a wrong interpretation. I refer to term "the reasonable changes without ..." in this regard. The second thing that puzzles me is the requirement for Billy Walsh to have written permission. I want to move away from all the legal stuff for a moment. Mr. Pat Ryan, manager of the Portlaoise team, is present. I congratulate him on his win at the weekend. If he, as a team manager, had to get written permission to give interviews to the Laois media after a game, how would he feel about that? As somebody who has been involved in this situation along with Mr. Liam Sheedy and others, forgetting about the finance for a second, I would not be five minutes in the job if those conditions were imposed. While the IABA wanted to do everything to keep Mr. Walsh, I do not believe the non-financial conditions were credible. That is my genuine observation. I respect if the IABA has a different view on it.