Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make enquiries into the governance procedures followed or not followed as the case may be with regard to the appointment of the independent chairman of an organisation (details supplied) and other matters within his Department and Sport Ireland; if he will then publish a detailed account of these enquiries and precise answers to queries in view of the provision of State financial resources being provided to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22034/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Neither I nor my predecessor Shane Ross, as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, have any function or role in the appointment of the independent chairman or directors of the organisation mentioned by the Deputy. As the Deputy is aware, the recruitment process for the Chair was conducted by AMROP, an independent recruitment company.

Similarly, the appointment of the interim CEO, deputy CEO and the ongoing recruitment process for a permanent CEO are matters for the organisation itself.

The Deputy will be aware that the Memorandum of Understanding signed by my predecessor on 30 January on behalf of the then Government set out the conditions to be accepted by the organisation in order for funding to be restored, including significant governance reforms. I am very pleased that those who attended the organisation's recent EGM voted overwhelmingly in favour of implementing the reforms set out in the MOU, which will also ensure financial viability of the organisation.