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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Yes, I know that but at the same time it happened. Will the witnesses explain a bit more about the direction from the Government not to annoy Mr. Hickey?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Is Mr. Mulvey saying that the possibility of the Minister being humiliated by an individual took precedence over the implementation of good governance? Who was that Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Who did?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Is Mr. Mulvey saying he remembers the conversation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Yes. We will give Mr. Mulvey a few seconds to recall the Minister who gave him that direction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Who was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Between that time and now, has that direction, advice or however Mr. Mulvey defines it been maintained? Has he had similar conversations with other-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: The OCI takes umbrage at interference, but at the same time it has both hands out for State funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Given what Mr. Mulvey knew in the last five to eight years, did he ever put it to the OCI that if it did not implement good governance procedures, Sport Ireland would consider withholding funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: I know that Sport Ireland was not aware of the ticket scandal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Sport Ireland is obviously aware, however, that there was a lack of co-operation and that the OCI was resisting interference from Sport Ireland. The OCI did not consider that it was answerable to Sport Ireland, despite the fact that it took State funding. On that basis, Sport Ireland was not told to have a row with the OCI or tippy toe around it because those involved were angels. Is that it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: I accept that, as I noted when I started my contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: In his opening statement Mr. Mulvey outlined the role of Sport Ireland. It is tasked in two areas: governance and high performance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: Yes, these are primarily the areas in which Sport Ireland is tasked. My questions are specifically about governance and whether Sport Ireland did its job, despite the difficulties. It has become clearer what the difficulties were. Does that lead to the job of Sport Ireland in the area of governance being obsolete because it is fearful that some body or organisation will threaten legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: One could argue that if it were not for the ticket scandal, it would never have been put in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Aug 2017)

Imelda Munster: I will finish. Following on from what Mr. Mulvey said, perhaps the reason things got as bad as they did in terms of the lack of accountability whereby one person could unilaterally make decisions within an organisation and rule over everybody else was due to the weakness coming from the political end in terms of direction or guidance. Whatever way one wants to call it, it was wrong for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (26 Jul 2017)

Imelda Munster: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to require An Garda Síochána to record crimes involving rickshaws specifically rather than under the category of bicycle crime for the purposes of identifying trends in certain crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35166/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (26 Jul 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 2017 allocation for the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme; and the amount he plans to allocate in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [34963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications that have been made under the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme, by year, since its inception, including 2017; and the number of persons that have been successful each year, including 2017. [34964/17]