Mr. John Treacy:

We deal with more than 100 organisations. I always say to the board that at any given time we are dealing with corporate governance issues in three or four organisations. We deal with volunteers who get on boards and that is the space we are in. We do an awful lot of training in corporate governance with volunteers and executive staff.

Sometimes there is a very good board in place and there could be change, there might be an election and there is a new board which might not have the skills required and it is back to square one again. That happens quite often. It is constant and one must be on the case all the time. We do not like it when sport is in the public light as it is today. It is not good for it. We need to get on with our business. Last summer was one of the most exciting sporting eras of all time in terms of the organisations we fund. It is like sport, there are good days and bad days. To be here talking about governance within the FAI is not a good day for sport. We are deeply disappointed to be here talking about this issue with the committee because we should not be here talking about governance. We expect all of our organisations which are on a journey in applying the governance code to have the highest standards. That is what we expect from any organisation, including the FAI.