In August 2002 the Minister held a sports forum which the IRFU, the FAI and the GAA did not attend. They were the same bodies which told the former Minister, Deputy de Valera, in 1999-2000 that they would not co-operate with her. The person chairing the forum, Mr. Raymond Snoddy, media editor of The Times, asked why the Government was acting only now when it had the power to designate events since 1999. Need I say more about why the Government procrastinated on this issue?