Mr. Paul McDermott:

I would not like to say a blanket "No" and say there are no other issues with governing bodies because there are always issues in governing bodies. We have a suite of interventions and a way of working. The KOSI audit programme, for example, is done by a very effective team of auditors who do great work. That would be one intervention. There are others. Governance is not a fixed thing in time. It changes and there are changes in personnel. The Senator raised the issue around communication between board and executive membership, for example. That is quite a common issue that can happen in governing bodies. Concerns can be raised. There can be a moment in time when the chief executive of a board may be changing. At any one time, if I may give a very general answer, we will always have two, three or four governing bodies which may be having some problems that we seek to resolve. We have a number of interventions to help with that. We will see some of the problems cycling has gone through, which Dr. Tom Daly and his colleagues are addressing as a board, in other sports. They may not come into the public realm. Sometimes they can be resolved quickly.

In respect of the IABA we know they are quite long-standing issues. We continue to work with the IABA to help with those issues. I attended the convention in Roscommon on Sunday. I would not like to say there are no concerns with the governing bodies sector because that would not be right. Nor would I want to mention anybody today to the effect that there is anything critical arising.