Mr. John Treacy:

As I outlined in my statement, the tick boxes are very clear. The financial accounts will have to be presented to the annual general meeting, and to ourselves, when they are ready. That must be in place for any national governing body of a sport we are funding before it gets its second moiety of funding. That is a really important piece. We want to see the adoption of the governance review group recommendations, which are essential to the corporate oversight of the organisation and the funding that we give. That is an essential piece that we need to see.

The third piece we need to see is a complete audit with an action plan for any recommendations made in that audit. That is a big piece of work and we expect to have that report in September. If one is funding an organisation, one obviously needs to know the liabilities of that organisation, what outstanding things are coming down the road, if the organisation is fit for purpose, has it the right structures in place and are there any legal risks associated with it. All these things are issues that must be taken into consideration. When the Minister gives Sport Ireland funding, we need to be assured that all those pieces are in place. There needs to be an element of public trust.

The Deputy referred to the appointment of the general manager. I articulated to the FAI before that appointment that what was needed was a public face that the public could say was a good appointment, someone with experience in change management and leading an organisation. That decision was not made.