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

Robert Troy: Has it indicated when it will make a decision on whether he will be allowed to remain in his current position?

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

Robert Troy: On the issue of funding, Ms Keane has said the OCI is hamstrung. Its priority is the athletes, which obviously must continue to remain the case. Sports Ireland has stated repeatedly during the controversy in the past 12 months that it is fully confident that all of the money made available to the OCI - Mr. Treacy repeated it again this morning - went towards specific programmes, training...

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

Robert Troy: I have two further questions for Ms Keane. With regard to the THG contract, when did the OCI make the Minister aware that there was, potentially, an agreement in place to 2026? I accept that unlike her predecessor, Ms Keane is only one member of the board and that a board decision will have to be taken. However, could she confirm that it is her intention, and that of the board, to try all...

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

Robert Troy: Okay. I will now ask a few questions of the representatives from Sport Ireland. Sport Ireland has confirmed again today, as it has over the past 12 months, that it is satisfied that no taxpayers' money that has gone through Sport Ireland has been spent misappropriately, for want of a better term, by the OCI. It has stated that it is satisfied that all of its money is dedicated to the...

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

Robert Troy: Do I take it that all sporting bodies funded through Sport Ireland will have to meet the code of governance by 2019-2021 to avail of their State funding? They will have to police it themselves but they will be subject to audits by Sport Ireland.

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

Robert Troy: It will be up to the OCI but I imagine the body will have to have a good explanation as to why it has taken such time to get its house in order. I would not like to see our athletes put at any further disadvantage. The Moran report indicated that athletes were not the priority of the OCI in recent years but that commercial considerations were the priority. I would not like them to be...

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

Robert Troy: Mr. Mulvey recently met Mr. Hickey.

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

Robert Troy: On 12 July. It was reported in the national media at the time. Mr. Mulvey was able to influence Mr. Hickey in Rio in terms of the acceptance of the need for an independent person to be involved in any investigation. It had been brokered, all but for Mr. Hickey being arrested the next morning. It appears Mr. Mulvey has a good relationship with Mr. Hickey. Would he be able to use that...

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

Robert Troy: Did he use the opportunity? Was it a personal meeting?

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

Robert Troy: We all have sympathy for his family. The actions demonstrated in the Moran report, however, have had many implications and consequences for many of our athletes and their families over the years. It is not for me to say whom Mr. Mulvey should dine out with but the optics associated with him, as chairman of Sport Ireland, being in such a jovial mood with somebody who was the reason for a...

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

Robert Troy: I am finished.

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

Robert Troy: It was not a question; it was a remark.

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

Robert Troy: It supports the status quo.

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

Robert Troy: Very briefly-----

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

Robert Troy: What I am taking from what Mr. Mulvey said is that he is acknowledging that when the money was suspended originally, it was thought that it would be for a 12-week period. However, that 12-week period has been moving along. It is not just that one realises the target will not be met. It would appear from what Mr. Mulvey said today that Sport Ireland will not penalise our current and future...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (17 Aug 2017)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their attendance at short notice. It is much appreciated. I take this opportunity to again wish the Minister of State good luck. Previously, he was Chairman of this committee but he is on the other side of the room today. The Minister stated, "I find it greatly troubling that, were it not for the events of last August, these failings...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (26 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when posts of responsibility will be reintroduced. [35795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (26 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to release teaching principals for one day per week to facilitate administration work. [35796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the 15% cuts to the school grants. [35797/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (26 Jul 2017)

Robert Troy: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reintroduce school panels to ensure a supply of teachers for substitute cover. [35798/17]