Mr. John Treacy:

I always say one does not impose governance; rather, the organisations must buy into it. That is our approach and it is why Sport Ireland has an organisation and development unit, which proclaims and discusses governance and sets standards. That is the only way it can work. It is the spirit within a sporting organisation. The principles of governance, whether leadership, exercising control of the organisation, accountability or transparency, come from the top of the organisation, not from Sport Ireland, and the top of the organisation needs to buy into the principles. If the leadership does not apply the principles of the code, it is futile.