Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It had potentially exceeded its overdraft and had to take extraordinary measures but the extraordinary measure it took put the board in trouble with Sport Ireland because of the obligation to let Sport Ireland know that its finances had significantly deteriorated. This payment was not thought to be something the board should know but who would normally give the board that kind of information? I acknowledge that there is nothing normal about the situation.