Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)

Okay, but we are happy that someone from the Department will be here. On No. 102, regarding Sport Ireland, I have done a little bit of reading on this regarding the headline figures. I am sure many of us are involved in sports clubs and that we all know of multiple sport clubs that would snap the hands off you for this kind of money. However, when you actually look into the reporting and accounting mechanisms for the energy support scheme, it seems, perhaps, to have fallen down on some of that kind of bureaucracy as opposed to the demand for it not necessarily being there. I am happy to go with the committee's idea on this. Do we need more clarification, if further energy support schemes are to be rolled out, that Sport Ireland is in a position to facilitate those or are we happy collectively?

I just wanted to raise it to see what we think might be further or next steps. Based on what Mr. McCarthy is saying, it might be prudent to wait for his further report on Inland Fisheries Ireland before we seek more clarification on governance.