Results 6,601-6,620 of 15,510 for speaker:Brendan Griffin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: We will try to arrange that. Could Deputy Fitzpatrick indicate if any other question has not been answered or if he wants to move on to Mr. Galvin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Do members have any further questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I advise caution in terms of naming individuals who are not present to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Could Mr. Treacy respond briefly as I am anxious to move on to Deputy O'Keeffe’s question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: We need to have this discussion but at the same time I am conscious of the fact that individuals are not here to defend themselves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I am just asking members and witnesses to be very careful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Was it known before he left Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Members will have an opportunity to come back in, but I am anxious to share the time as agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Does Mr. Treacy wish to answer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Does anyone else wish to comment on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Very briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I think that might be one for Google, so we must move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The point is well made.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: There are a few questions to be addressed, including the governance issue for Sport Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Mr. Treacy referred to the provision of high performance equipment under the sports capital programme. As he will know, there is a limit of €150,000 in respect of local applications and €200,000 in respect of regional applications. What type of equipment is covered and what is the typical range in terms of costs? Would there be anything above these limits?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Does the programme already cater for it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: We are not talking about any equipment that typically costs €250,000. Would that be outside the range covered by the programme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: On the funding of organisations, is there any loan scheme in place for funded bodies? Access to credit is often an issue for them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Is it something Mr. Treacy would consider?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)
Brendan Griffin: On funded bodies, there is often concern among members of the public about bodies that receive Exchequer funding in the context of salaries, pay scales, etc. Are there salary caps for funded bodies? Is that something that would be considered?