Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious that we need to be consistent, that we cannot moan about the former Minister of State, Mr. D'Arcy, on one hand and encourage Mr. Watt on the other, but that is an aside. The point is, reappointing these people against the guidelines we have is akin to reappointing the financial regulator after the bank bailout. At the same time as that organisation is presiding over the good and new governance of limiting terms for people, and indeed Mr. Watt is a party to it, we are ignoring the guidelines, as I read them, and I grant it that Mr. Pender will check, or we are acting contrary to the guidelines as written by the Department and contrary to the Sport Ireland Act. Notwithstanding the context, it looks a bit grubby that these sporting organisations are being told to tidy up their act, but those saying so continue on in their roles for life, as it were. I would appreciate if the officials came back to me in writing on that so as not to delay the meeting.