Mr. John Treacy:

It is one short paragraph, as follows:

Dealing briefly with the relevant provisions of the Act, there is no provision of the Act that would give Sport Ireland statutory authority to audit or inspect the books and records of a body in receipt of Sport Ireland funding. Section 11(3) of the Act allows Sport Ireland to request information from a body in receipt of assistance and withhold or refuse assistance if that information is not forthcoming, but this does not amount to the right to audit such a body. Accordingly, Sport Ireland will need to rely on the terms of the application grant arrangements, in particular the terms and conditions mentioned above, in respect of such audits.

The terms and conditions are drawn up in consultation with the organisations and we get them to agree to those terms.