Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

We anticipate that there may be a pushback from some sports organisations on the new terms and conditions we will apply in the provision of grant funding. I have heard noises in the wind, asking if Sport Ireland is now trying to run every sports organisation in the country. There is a little of that in the undergrowth. It was an issue in the past, too. As Mr. Treacy indicated, when we went in in a way some people may have said was heavy-handed, we were rebuked for it, including by Ministers. The second issue is balancing it with governing bodies. In the past there was a pushback on remuneration packages for CEOs, not just from the FAI. There was the issue of commercial sensitivity in the case of some contracts which was related to the ability of CEOs to realise commercial value of the sport for the organisation. They said the matter was entirely private and did not relate to the grant or remuneration, as the CEO's salary did not come out of any public funding provided. One had to watch that. We are trying to be as positive and adventurous as we can without incurring legal action against us such as judicial reviews in exerting an authority for which we do not have a foundation. As Mr. Treacy indicated, the FAI has changed that, as have the investigations of Oireachtas committees into charities and such. The remit of the State may extend further than people realised in the past.