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- 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: Sport Ireland distributes funding to bodies. We have spoken about the merits or otherwise of having gender quotas and how bodies could be encouraged to comply. Is this something that might be considered in the future, given that there is serious concern among members of the public about the salaries of certain chief executive officers in bodies that receive Exchequer funding?
- 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: Would Sport Ireland consider reducing the funding provided where it was not happy that the salaries paid were reasonable?
- 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: What is the level of scrutiny of travel and entertainment expenses paid in funded bodies? How deep does Sport Ireland go in examining the detail? I know that there are audits carried out. Are specifics sought?
- 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: Are travel, accommodation and entertainment expenses all vouched?
- 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: Are receipts sought?
- 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: Why is a breakdown not sought?
- 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: Would the auditors consider doing it in the future?
- 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: In terms of transparency, surely receipts should be sought in every audit for expenses paid in the categories of entertainment and travel?
- 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 done in every audit or just some?
- 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 be done in every audit?
- 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: Sport Ireland has a freedom of information unit. What is its expenditure on related costs in the past few years?
- 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: Will Mr. Treacy furnish the committee with the expenses incurred in each of the past five years?
- 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 would like to know what the costs were, including the associated legal costs.
- 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 not just looking for the cost of this person but also the spin-off costs.
- 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: Can we also get the figures for prior to 2015, please?
- 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: Concussion is a cause of concern from a health point of view. What level of oversight does Sport Ireland have of funded bodies and how they deal with the issue?
- 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 Mr. Treacy satisfied that all funded bodies are fulfilling their obligations?
- 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 a related health issue, on which Mr. Treacy might have to come back to the committee as I do not expect him to be able to answer upfront, concern has been expressed in other countries about the materials used in the production of astroturf surfaces. It has been suggested they may possibly contain carcinogens. Is that something you have looked at? In Holland, in particular, there has been...
- 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: Given the huge number of AstroTurf pitches that have been laid around the country in the last ten or 20 years, is it a significant concern? Every report we read now has a concern about something. Is it something that merits further scrutiny?
- 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: In terms of our international comparison with other countries and our performance at the Olympic Games, there is an adjusted socioeconomic table which shows that we were placed in the 40s in 2012 Olympics and the 60s in 2016. How much credence is given to that adjusted table? Is it worth further scrutiny? Are we underperforming, given the factors, or are we overperforming?