Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the delegates for attending the meeting. I ask them to write down my questions because I will be sticking with them. When I spoke to people in the boxing world at the weekend, a lot of them referred back to the Olympic Games in 2008 when Gary Keegan resigned. Will Mr. Carruth clarify whether Mr. Keegan resigned after being refused access to the boxers by the IABA for the entire duration of those Olympic Games? If the problem started then - and Billy Walsh commented on it at the time - then it has been festering for almost eight years. What has Mr. Treacy done to try to resolve it in the past eight years? The situation should not have been allowed to go on like this.

It is generally accepted that Mr. Walsh was head coach and high performance director. However, after Mr. Keegan's departure, as I understand it, money was paid to the IABA for a high performance director but nobody was filling that post. Is that correct or not? My question is to both sets of delegates.

When Mr. O'Rourke was appointed in 2011, I assume a job description had to be written up by the IABA, or was there any such job description? Is it true that Mr. O'Rourke was a participant in his own interview process? I would like an answer to that from the IABA delegates.

The witnesses spoke about the need to watch the money. Will Mr. Carruth confirm whether the IABA has made a lot of appointments in recent months? If money was so scarce, where is the funding for these appointments coming from and who provided it? Is it true that a logistics manager was recently appointed to the high performance unit even though a high performance administrator is already in post? Will Mr. Carruth say whether that appointment was supported by Billy Walsh? Did Mr. Walsh know about it and was he involved in the interview process? Who sanctioned and financed the appointment? Will Mr. Carruth tell us how many times Mr. Walsh asked him about or requested a face-to-face meeting with him to discuss the appointment of a logistics manager? Did Mr. Carruth cancel meetings on the morning of this meeting?

Do the IABA delegates intend to visit the new centre of excellence soon? I drove there the other day and it is a fine facility. Are there problems in regard to their visiting it?

We are all trying to ensure our athletes can be among the best in the world. With 37 weeks to go to Rio, will Mr. Treacy tell us whether any of our swimmers are using the facility at Abbotstown? Is it true that one of our swimmers is using a pool that is heated to two degrees warmer than should be the case for Olympic training?

Is it true that there is a lot of discontent in many sports in Ireland regarding how the Irish Sports Council is operating at the high performance level? Over the past weekend I spoke to athletes and people in different places, and what I heard was alarming. Could Mr. Carruth and Mr. Treacy answer the questions I asked?