John Greene

Maybe unintentional in the moment, but it just had vibes of, thank you, that'll be enough from you.

The committee went back to Sport Ireland and Una Mae, and this part is really important because this best sums up the Sport Ireland position.

So in effect, they're saying, hey, we did what we could.

Now remember, their own psychologist had started flagging big problems in 2021 and

And that was kind of their continued line throughout.

Our hands were tied, statutory limitations.

We weren't passive when problems were flagged.

Next, there was Brian Brennan of Fine Gael.

He had a question.

And again, it was for Sport Ireland.

So beside Una May, who's their CEO, who we just heard from, Paul McDermott.

Paul is the Sport Ireland High Performance Director.

And I guess there was a worry like, is this happening in other sports?

You know, how do we know this is just about rowing?

And he did his best to assuage fears of problems in other sports.

It was a tricky question.

It was hard, though, to understand why rowing was such a different set of circumstances.

Why, yes, that wasn't resolved in timely fashion.

But trust us, all the other sports, we've got a suite of interventions which work.

Deputy Brian Brennan moved on then.