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

What I am taking from what Mr. Mulvey said is that he is acknowledging that when the money was suspended originally, it was thought that it would be for a 12-week period. However, that 12-week period has been moving along. It is not just that one realises the target will not be met. It would appear from what Mr. Mulvey said today that Sport Ireland will not penalise our current and future athletes for the misdemeanours of people in the past because I think that would be very wrong. I will return to a point made by Mr. Mulvey. Perhaps I misheard him but I think he said that there was political influence on him not to rock the boat with the OCI. In his contributions here today, Mr. Mulvey alluded to the rocky relationship that existed between Sport Ireland and the OCI long before the Rio debacle.

Was it not felt at any stage by Sport Ireland that there should be greater scrutiny, or investigation into the workings, of the OCI? Was Sport Ireland impeded in doing so by existing legislation?