Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps I could deal with Deputy Troy's issues, which I remember fairly clearly, first. While I remember it, I will address one issue that Deputy Troy mentioned in his first question. He referred to how sad a reflection it is that it took a trip to Brazil and the Olympics to unveil what happened and how things were run in this case. I suppose that is true in some ways. It is always fortunate and unfortunate when things of this nature are discovered. It was partly our responsibility that we discovered it as well, because many of the facts that we now have on what happened in Brazil emanated from the Moran report. It is obviously not our responsibility to police what happens in Brazil, nor to look for criminal activity out there. However, it is our responsibility to look at any of the underlying facts and at the administration or corporate governance of the bodies involved. That is what we are doing. As a result of the events in Brazil, the investigation was prompted.

I should correct Deputy Troy on one matter. He referred to the initiative that was taken in Brazil to resolve this problem. There was a reference in my opening statement to meetings with Mr. Kieran Mulvey, who was basically acting as an intermediary between Mr. Pat Hickey and I when we were looking for the independent member of the investigating panel. Deputy Troy said that I requested Mr. Mulvey to do that. I did not request Mr. Mulvey to do that. It may have been a slip of the tongue, but I think it is important. This did not-----