Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for clarification on the figures and the funding for CCTV, but the important factor is that the IHRB thought it was appropriate to spend money allocated to protect the integrity of the sport on an online portal system instead of CCTV that would detect doping. The Department remained indifferent to this, despite the fact that, as Mr. Gleeson has just said, it has an oversight arrangement and that something like that would be a priority in protecting the integrity of the sport. There was not even a reference from the Department about that.

The other issue I want to raise relates to the fishery harbour centres. Regarding chapter 10, on the financial management and reporting of the fishery harbour centres, it seems that the initial report by the Comptroller and Auditor General was published almost seven years ago almost to the day and that less than half of the recommendations are gauged as having been implemented as of today. There appears to be an issue with the governance of the fishery harbours, with the fishery harbours management committee lacking the terms of reference under which it operates, for example, minutes of meetings held not being prepared and no formal reporting arrangements to the Department's managing board, the audit and risk committee or anyone else. To say there seems to be a general lack of oversight is probably an understatement. Perhaps there is even a lack of interest from the Department in these matters, given how long they have gone on. Can the Department outline why that is the case?