Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have one last question. As was said, he will be dealing with the affiliates in the run-up to the Olympics and it is astonishing that HSI did not discuss this with the affiliates, tell them it was going to make this appointment, give them an outline of the job specification and get some input from them. Surely, it would have thought that would have been a prudent approach.