Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

I thank Deputy Ellis for his comments. Sometimes, when one sees something happen that should not happen, anger can come out. I watched Mr. Billy Walsh this week. Deputy Dooley has said that here was a man forced into exile because Mr. Walsh did not want to go. It is as W.B. Yeats said a century ago:

The beating down of the wise

And great art beaten down

What is in us that we cannot recognise, reward and honour success? We may not be unique in that but my God we do it with a flourish - but that is a personal view.

I will now turn to the issue of minority sports, including karate and so on. It is our hope that the dedicated training facilities of the Irish Institute of Sport will be available to all sports. There is an area specifically for boxing which could be utilised by karate and other sports which use the same mats, the same ring and the same training arrangements. It would be useful if the committee could arrange a visit in order to view the facilities.