Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

I raise the secondary issue of the responsibility of the Minister to the House and the responsibility of the Irish Sports Council. The standard reply a Member is given is that his or her query is not a matter for the Minister but for the Irish Sports Council. I, as an elected representative, do not have direct access to that information via this House. That is very important.

It is time the governance issue was looked at in detail to see exactly who takes responsibility for what. This is a much wider debate than what we are engaged in today but it is a very important one.

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