Ms Katherine Licken:

Could I return to the subject of the 2006 Ryder Cup? Its value to the economy was €143 million. We accord the Ryder Cup such priority because we know the contribution it makes.

On governance in sport, in 2017 the then Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, identified corporate governance as a key priority for Sport Ireland-funded bodies, and it was agreed that the community and voluntary code of governance would become a condition of funding. That is the lever that Sport Ireland has. This made it mandatory for all Sport Ireland-funded bodies to start the process of adopting the new code since 2017. In 2019, Sport Ireland took over the governance code as it relates to sports organisations. It is now called Governance Code for Sport. The national sports body tasked Sport Ireland with overseeing a process whereby all governing bodies for sport and local sports partnerships would adopt the code by the end of 2021, and 93 of the 100 organisations have now self-declared their adoption of it. It is a journey that we are on. There are seven organisations yet to go.