Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. In Mr. Treacy's opening submission, he stated that to date only seven funded bodies had met all the community and voluntary code of governance guidelines and that 26 funded bodies are working towards the code. Why have so many not complied with the code? He also stated that Sport Ireland had put in place a range of monitors and supports to ensure that funded bodies are adequately responding to Government issues. I ask him to elaborate more on this and perhaps give the committee some examples of the monitoring and supports put in place.

Mr. Treacy stated that the audit committee carried out an annual review of selected organisations. What percentage of organisations are subject to this review on an annual basis? Regarding gender balance on boards, what is the percentage of females on various boards?

Mr. Treacy said that the biggest challenge facing sports was the threat of doping. I ask him to elaborate. What action does Sport Ireland intend to take to keep sport in Ireland clean?

Was Mr. Treacy happy with Ireland's performance at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games? The 2012 games in London were excellent. What was the difference between the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games? What plans has Sport Ireland put in place for the 2020 Olympic Games? Mr. Treacy spoke about investment in high-performance sport. He mentioned two countries, Denmark and New Zealand, which did very well in the 2016 Olympic Games. Why did they do so well compared with how we did?

I would also like to address a few questions to Mr. Galvin from the Federation of Irish Sport.