Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2017
530. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1843 of 20 June 2017, if he has considered the advice from the Attorney General regarding the report on the Olympic ticketing arrangements; the position regarding the 2017 funding arrangements from Sports Ireland to the Olympic Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31031/17]
View answerI expect to receive advice from the Office of the Attorney General in this matter at an early date, which I shall then consider as a matter of urgency. I will separately inform the Deputy once that advice is received.
In relation to the 2017 funding arrangements from Sport Ireland to the Olympic Council of Ireland, the position remains that the board of Sport Ireland intends to consider the funding allocation for 2017 once Judge Moran's report has been published. The timing of the publication of the Moran Inquiry report will be subject to consideration of the advice from the Office of the Attorney General.
While I am disposed to publication of this report at the earliest possible date, the matters concerned are complex. In the event that there is a protracted period before the report is published, the question of Sport Ireland funding to the Olympic Council of Ireland will be considered as a matter of urgency.
