Mr. John Treacy:

Yes, I will. We are going through a process with the FAI and need a board with which to deal. We cannot deal in a vacuum. That is the critical issue for us at this time. If everybody was to step down, there would be a vacuum. There is then the question of how long would it take to put new board members in place. There would be a vacuum and we would then be talking about real delays. That is one issue.

The second issue - it really is an important issue that we all need to bear in mind - is that all of the sports organisations would not be long in telling us that they were autonomous organisations. They are all accountable to international bodies which would also not be long in telling us. There has been plenty of experience during the years of countries and governments telling national bodies this. All of these things need to be borne in mind when talking about the issues involved.