Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council

12:30 pm

Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

In total for all the local sports partnerships it is just short of €5 million. I wish to reassure the Deputy. For every grant payment out, there is paperwork for the board on this prior to the meetings. Questions can be asked by members of the board. No sub-committee makes a decision. The board makes its decision on each of the financial resolutions. As chairman, I invite them to ask questions and then I take the item and I say, "€2.7 million for the FAI. Do I have a proposer; a seconder? Is that approved by the council?" because it is a financial matter. I go religiously-----