Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

I hope the Minister had a tad more clarity following his meetings with these two organisations than I have had from meetings and correspondence with them. It seems ridiculous that two reports were written about the Beijing Olympics. The report of the Irish Sports Council cost €30,000, while the Olympic Council of Ireland told me it had spent €6,231 and stated: "This was paid from our own resources and not from Government funded money." It was reassuring to hear the money was not from Government sources. However, the Irish Sports Council gives the Olympic Council of Ireland a grant of €518,000 and I do not know which part can be chopped off and designated not as Government money but as somebody else's money.

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