Mr. John Treacy:

We have been accused in the past of being a bit heavy-handed with some of these organisations. No one likes for us to be in a situation where we withdraw funding from any organisation. That is not great. We are always trying to balance this. The FAI has changed everything and has moved things on with audit and the impact will be felt by everyone in sport. Mr. Horan will verify that the systems in place, even prior to this, were fairly robust and we probably went further than many organisations.

As an example, remuneration packages for CEOs would have been a significant source of unhappiness throughout society, especially in the football community. I am glad that Mr. Mulvey has included it as a condition, but I wonder why it was not included before.