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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: We will park that issue. It is clear there are different interpretations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: Deputy Fitzmaurice put a question and, as far as I am concerned, he was given an answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: The medals kept coming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: Mr. Carruth says that to his knowledge he did not refuse a meeting. If some new information comes to hand - perhaps that he inadvertently refused a meeting or did not contact Billy Walsh - would he please supply that? We have to accept that for now, and if something else shows up we will have more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: The question has been answered, and if we get some different information we will certainly follow it up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: The Minister of State was trying to be of assistance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: Does Senator Sean D. Barrett wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: I will draw our proceedings to a conclusion with a couple of final questions and observations. Having listened to the discussion for the past four hours, I have a simple question. What would both organisations do differently in the future than they did not do in the past few weeks and months? To tidy up, I have another question, but perhaps the answer was given earlier. I understand the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: Yes, I agree with Mr. Kirwan in the sense that if a coach says something derogatory of the people who employ him, obviously he must live with the consequences. However, we are talking about preventing him from actually speaking. He realises that he deals with the victory or the defeat that happens and if he deals with something else or goes outside his remit then he is answerable, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: I wish finish on a positive note. I welcome the observations of the IABA and Sport Ireland to the effect that they want to get this matter resolved and ensure that nothing similar ever happens again and also that the preparation for Rio and other boxing tournaments will not be affected. It is incumbent on both organisations to deal with the issues rather than the personalities. I hope we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Passports (22 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received animal passports back from the Minister's Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36823/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36824/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: 250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36832/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: I propose we go into public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: I call the meeting to order. No. 7 is engagement with the chairperson designate of Sport Ireland. The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with the chairperson designate of Sport Ireland, the body charged with the merged functions of the former Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority, to discuss the proposals to take, if and when appointed to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Mulvey. He has given a very clear outline of the challenges and opportunities that exist, as well as his vision for the maximisation of potential of sport in Ireland with regard to participation and at the high-performance and elite levels. From time to time, the committee has questions about governing bodies. My general question is whether Mr. Mulvey is happy with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: Is it the case that the agreement hammered out verbally changed when it went to contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: When was that agreement made? Was it just last week?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

John O'Mahony: It cannot be retrieved now.