Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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I do not want to discuss anti-doping as I am under time pressure. I encourage Sport Ireland, as I did when I was in a similar organisation, to consider the boundaries and confines of the legislative mandate and question whether it empowers those in the organisation to do their job effectively. We have mentioned investigations but we can also consider things like audits and ways in which Sport Ireland can engage with organisations in a formal manner that does not interfere with their independence and autonomy but gives assurance to the members and athletes of those organisations that there is a level above, that they do not just have a ceiling when it comes to when they have issues whereby they can only go to Rowing Ireland and there is no grandfather mechanism where they can go way above it. For me, that is good governance, and if it is not there, it needs to be looked at. I urge Sport Ireland to consider that.