Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and Minister of State. They appear to have forgotten that they addressed the committee on the issue of sport in the middle of the previous session.

The Minister referred to governance and women in sport. He introduced a timeframe for his decisions in this regard while consultations with women's groups and so forth are ongoing. Is he not putting the cart before the horse? Should he not await the various reports on gender balance and from women's groups? Should we not wait another few months to find out what emerges from the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, investigation in which governance will also be a feature before introducing an overall timeframe in respect of governance?