Mr. Donal Conway:

I have been chairman since last August only, which is only a number of months ago. In response to another member, I indicated that a root-and-branch examination of the organisation is overdue. I do not say that because I see failures or an unsuccessful organisation, but any organisation should engage at regular intervals, with external help, in some examination of how well it is equipped to implement its strategy, mission and what it is about. Given the difficulties we have now, let us make of them. That may sound a little strange but, for example, the Senator referred to corporate governance. We have a corporate governance group but my colleagues on the board and I believe we need to move that on to something much stronger, with external persons on board. We had this conversation with Sport Ireland and, indeed, asked them whether they want a role in nominating people for to that group. My colleague, Ms Walshe, is a member of the group, as are two external people who have previously been involved with the FAI, namely, Miriam Malone, CEO of Paralympics Ireland and Tom Jordan, who worked with some of our senior executives-----