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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I propose we go into public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I call the meeting to order. No. 7 is engagement with the chairperson designate of Sport Ireland. The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with the chairperson designate of Sport Ireland, the body charged with the merged functions of the former Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority, to discuss the proposals to take, if and when appointed to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Mulvey. He has given a very clear outline of the challenges and opportunities that exist, as well as his vision for the maximisation of potential of sport in Ireland with regard to participation and at the high-performance and elite levels. From time to time, the committee has questions about governing bodies. My general question is whether Mr. Mulvey is happy with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: Is it the case that the agreement hammered out verbally changed when it went to contract?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: When was that agreement made? Was it just last week?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: It cannot be retrieved now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I have heard many incredible stories over the years as I am involved with sport but never anything like that. Thank you for articulating that account.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Deputy Dooley. I call Senator Eamonn Coghlan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Mulvey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: Perhaps I should bring Deputy Fitzmaurice up to date. Mr. Mulvey has told the committee that he and his colleagues met Billy Walsh directly at various stages in recent months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I have to follow the order. I will call Deputy Harrington, followed by-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: The committee has agreed an order since the beginning of the year and I follow that order to the letter. I call Deputy Harrington.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: The order is Fianna Fáil, followed by the Government. That was agreed here by Opposition and Government members of the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I call Deputy Harrington.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I ask the Deputy to be brief so that everyone can get in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I will take the other questioners at this time as well. I call Senator Mooney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: Everybody has had an opportunity now to put questions to the witness. I thank Mr. Mulvey for joining us today for what has been a very worthwhile engagement. I appreciate that he did not sit on any fences this morning; it is refreshing to have a witness be so direct and to the point. We will forward a transcript of the proceedings to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for his...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: I wish Mr. Mulvey the best of luck for the future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: Thank you, Mr. Mulvey. We will suspend for a few minutes before bringing in the next group of witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Emissions Readings for Volkswagen Cars: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)
John O'Mahony: The next item on the agenda is a meeting with representatives of Volkswagen Group Ireland and The Society of the Irish Motor Industry, SIMI. The purpose of this meeting is to engage with Volkswagen Group Ireland in respect of the discovery in the US of software being used by Volkswagen which gave rise to incorrect emissions readings, the likely implications for Irish motorists and what the...