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:

That is exactly the challenge. As we progress into a more professional era within sport, and I do not mean professional from the point of view of funding and commercialism but professionalism in terms of the accountability that is expected, we understand that there will be challenging times when you shift from a volunteer focus. Relationships must be built between the volunteer base and newly profession staff. That is a challenge that all sports face. We introduced a significant amount of auditing. Some of that was sparked not so much by issues within the FAI but the amount of funding we were distributing around Covid-19. We have invested a significant increase in our audit function in recent years.

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