Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The bizarre point in all of this is that we do not even know whether the auditors were given full information by the board to enable them to carry out the first audit. Sport Ireland's auditors could be auditing a flawed audit, for all committee members know. I do not have too many questions because those who need to answer the questions were here last Wednesday when they refused to do so. They did themselves no good and sport in general a real disservice. Their actions since the meeting do not inspire me with confidence that they will change direction and do what is right. I do not know where it goes from here for Sport Ireland because there are a couple of things I know that they cannot do but which need to be done. For instance, there is a need for a forensic audit of the FAI accounts. Nobody can force this to be done - not Sport Ireland and not the Minister - regardless of what anyone at this committee says. That is a fact. The only people who can do it are the members of the FAI board. They are the only individuals who can decide to have a forensic audit. Am I correct?