John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I wish to ask the Taoiseach about a matter that has not been raised in the House in the past two weeks. Does the Government plan to introduce legislation to examine the relationship between the Irish Sports Council and the governing bodies? I have two reasons for asking this question. First, in recent months Athletics Ireland has been obliged to pay out close to €1 million on foot of a dispute regarding the making of appointments. Second, within the past month, the Irish Amateur Boxing Association has been in dispute and now has been informed by the Irish Sports Council that its appointments of chief executive officer and high-performance director will not be funded.

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