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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 19, 23 and 24 routes of Dublin BusConnects will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29498/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the F spine of BusConnects Dublin will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (20 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 283. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the work visa application of a person (details supplied). [29228/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 615. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the operation for a person (details supplied). [29167/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome all the witnesses and thank Dr. May for her opening statement. I will start with that issue of governance. It is a mistake that Sport Ireland is not a regulatory body but has a leadership position in governance. I suppose, as a key funder, Sport Ireland also has an additional tool in the toolbox. That was seen, probably most recently, in the area of boxing. I should preface...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am aware of some of the history. I wonder if Dr. May could bring us to the point where Sport Ireland is now and her view of what measures have been taken since November of last year.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Dr. May stated that withdrawal of funding is an issue of last resort and does not have a long-term impact. Is it correct that if the threat to withdraw funding had not been in place the changes she acknowledged most likely would not have happened?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There was a vote. It was rejected, despite the funding threat being in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: As well as its reach into communities, it has provided national heroes in the sense of Olympic athletes and so on. It was particularly disappointing that some key talent we had in the high-performance unit in the area of boxing has left under protest and in controversial circumstances. For example, Mr. Bernard Dunne has now signed with the Boxing Federation of India. Investing in sport...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I beg to differ. This is not a case of talent being poached. We have had two cases where key pieces of talent have left, citing real, core problems in how they were able to do their job. They were people who were supporting our athletes on the front line of what high-performance boxing is about. It was not a case of us being so successful that our talent was poached. It was the case that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: While Sport Ireland is responsible for many matters, and the international boxing regulatory environment is not a question I am going to put to Dr. May, it is correct to say that it is an external threat to what is a key national resource. To continue on the issue of governance, will Dr. May update us on her view on where the Football Association of Ireland, FAI, stands?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What is the situation on its financial stability?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps Mr. McGinty would provide that in writing to us after the meeting. I have such limited time. In regard to the FAI and the experience there, and we have discussed boxing, to what extent did what happened to the FAI inform the approach to the governance issues in the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, IABA? The public looks at this and has huge interest in these sports. When...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There are a lot of strong personalities involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: At the outset, Dr. May said that Sport Ireland is not a regulatory body. Does she believe there is a role for greater regulation of the financial and governance arrangements in sports and for them to be more closely aligned with one particular oversight body?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Does Sport Ireland want the job?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We were talking about learnings. We have just talked about two national governing bodies with significant issues, national debates and so on. That would point to the need for far greater regulation.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Dr. May suggesting that it might change the nature of the relationship Sport Ireland has with some of the governing bodies?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: If there was a need for far greater regulation around financial governance issues, it may not be best aligned to the Sport Ireland's development role.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I want to use the very last few minutes I have to turn to the Covid-19 resilience scheme. I have some points on the issues Dr. May has raised on large and small governing bodies. The three big governing bodies - the FAI, the GAA and the IRFU - received nearly 73% of the Covid-19 supports. Nearly 85 national governing bodies received the other 27%. Has Sport Ireland seen the benefit of...