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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: 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?
- 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?