Mr. Aidan Horan:

I will respond to part of that because some of it is outside my knowledge. There are 78 recommendations, which probably tells one the journey of travel that the FAI must take. Since the report was produced on 21 June, I have been providing clarifications and updates to the FAI and a significant body of work has been done about process, procedures, work programmes and terms of reference in order that the implementation oversight group, when it is established and provided the recommendations are approved, can go forward. Our review outlined what the organisation prospectively needs for the future. The 78 recommendations are prospective in nature, rather than retrospective, which is what many of the current investigations are. They are retrospectively looking back at transactions and so on.

I do not know the legalities of the question the Deputy asked. I just know that, from the point of view of the governance review report, this is being presented as a necessary, priority package of reform that needs to be done and, although other reviews are in place, nothing in this report will invalidate or be inconsistent with the norms and standards which are going to come from these subsequent investigations. We are trying to adhere to best practice standards for the organisation in the future.

I cannot answer the dichotomy or dilemma that the Deputy outlined, other than to say that the reason I am happy to try to promote and explain the report is that this is a necessary package of reform that must happen if the structures and arrangements are to be better than they have been. That is as much as I can say.