Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

What we try to do in the context of funding is to get to as many sports organisations as we can on a cyclical basis every two or three years. Almost the entire funding of many sport organisations comes from Sport Ireland, including for the payment of officers of the organisation. In the case of the more popular field sports and others which have large commercial contracts - that is another issue - we only have authority and power in regard to the money that comes from us. We rely, perhaps foolishly, given past evidence in the areas of sport and elsewhere, on professional auditors from well known international companies to audit organisations and their audits------