Ms Mary O'Connor:

From the perspective of the Federation of Irish Sport, part of our service to members is the opportunity to process their vetting forms through the federation. We have seen an expediential growth in the number of forms we process for our organisations. That is important to note. GDPR is coming down the line and will be here on 25 May. We have been fielding many queries from concerned individuals who want to do the right thing regarding the 12 steps of compliance for GDPR. That is in addition to the other regulatory requirements that they are trying to comply with already. They are trying to absorb those costs. As I noted in my opening submission, up to 15% of our members' funding from Sport Ireland is being spent on that type of administration when it could be spent on people and programmes but unfortunately it is being tied up in order to be compliant. That is another challenge they face.