Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

In the key amendments Sport Ireland has made to its revised conditions for grant approval - which basically relate to full audit and inspection - making it a condition to provide details of full remuneration packages of CEOs, etc. and independent verification of good practice both represent major improvements. Was it not all very simple in the end? At the first meeting Sport Ireland representatives attended in March or February, they informed us that their hands were tied. We were told that sporting NGOs have their own agency and that no level of compliance could be imposed by Sport Ireland. Today, it seems that conditions can be imposed on sporting bodies.