Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC
9:30 am
Dr. Una May:
I would say that they have made a lot of good progress. As I say, they have appointed a new independent chair. They have, as the Deputy referred, in their EGM, adopted and approved many of the recommendations which had been previously contentious. They have appointed an interim high performance support person. They are working very hard to resolve, but the key is having a new chair. On the next step, they were awaiting the appointment of the new chair to appoint a new CEO. There is an interim CEO who has been working very closely with us in ensuring that all the key governance issues and the recommendations are being adopted.
We are comfortable that they are in a much better place. We have agreed with our Department that we will focus attention on helping to support them with the development in areas where they do not have-----
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