Dr. Una May:

I thank Mr. Ó Lionáin. I will defer to Mr. McGinty on this because he manages the area. The Deputy is absolutely right. It is very important that we avoid reputational damage in sport. We can show that we have taken this very seriously by the number of audits we carry out. In the year in respect of which we are currently reviewing the financial statements, there was a significant increase in audits. We carried out almost 30 audits of national governing bodies and local sports partnerships during that year. Our number of audits continues to remain high. We have introduced new types of audits to make it more efficient and more economical, and specifically targeting the governance code and its implementation. It is something we take very seriously. I would definitely agree with the Deputy that the reputational damage can be very hard to recover from. We have always felt that we in Sport Ireland are not afraid to lift the lid and that if we find problems we work together with the governing bodies to ensure that there are not problems. We are not waiting for a scandal to happen before we address these things, which is why we have such a heavy load on our audit programme. It is something we monitor very closely. The first year of the governance code was really only last year so we must give time to ensure it is properly embedded. The Deputy is also correct in saying that the self-assessment has limitations. From our point of view, the first step is to have self-declaration and then for us to go and verify the veracity of those of declarations, which is very important.