Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will get straight to the point. I congratulate all the people who represented our country in the past 12 months. It is a great honour and privilege for them to represent the Tricolour and it was a great honour and privilege for us to watch them in their various sporting fields.

On the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, months after the Rio debacle, what reports does the Minister have on his desk? Has anything been published since that debacle, and what actions are in train? It may not even be a report but a memorandum or any correspondence on the debacle in Rio.

With regard to the OCI, has the Minister any thoughts on the election of a new president of the OCI? The process was first opened to the media. It was then closed to the media. It is back open to the media again. How can we have confidence that this election process will be open and transparent? We are talking about an organisation in which the general public has very little confidence. Why was €130,000 of the 2016 funding to the OCI retained?

As our athletes prepare to represent our country at the 2020 Olympic Games, how can we ensure that the taxpayers' money that is given to the OCI is spent on player welfare and not on administrative costs? How much of the OCI budget is dedicated to player welfare as opposed to administration? That is my first question.