Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of the non-statutory inquiry was that everyone agreed to participate. There was no need for a statutory inquiry. The non-statutory inquiry was established to be short and efficient. Everyone was going to play their part but obviously they are not doing so and the Minister's decision to establish the non-statutory inquiry was the wrong decision.

Is the OCI's budget for this year being held up pending the outcome of the publication of the report? What legal costs has the OCI incurred to date as a result of this inquiry and how is this affecting funding for athletes? It is not fair and I fail to see how an investigation on the other side of the world should prevent publication of this report.

This report is about more than one individual. It is about, and goes to the very heart of, the administration of sport by a public body. The new officers elected at the OCI wish to see the report published so that they can implement its recommendations and move on to restore confidence in a worthy body in which trust has been eroded by the actions of a number of people over the past few years.

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