Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

It is important to say that I understand the court case was strictly without admission of liability. As such it will not be possible as a result of any report in regard to the handling of the case to ascertain whether any person should be sanctioned or penalised in any way. The outcome of the case stands. What is important is that we learn how we can avoid this happening in the future. I will be investigating the Just Sports Ireland, JSI, initiative to see whether conditions in this regard can be improved. I do not yet know the answer to that question as I am only learning about the process. It appears it might have been possible to deal with this particular case that way rather than in the High Court, which would have resulted in savings of an awful lot of money. I will examine the matter. However, I cannot commit to anything until I have received the report which, in fairness, was only commissioned on 15 March.

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