I want to raise the issue of the very worrying media attention that the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, IABA, has had over the past week, with the latest news of Bernard Dunne’s departure or resignation - call it what you want. This is the third high-performance coach who has departed the IABA in the past number of years, including my own county man, Billy Walsh, and Gary Keegan. To lose not one, not two, but three shows there is something horrific going on in that organisation. It was described to me by what we might call a whistleblower that the IABA is like the mafia given they are losing so many people. We have seen many amateur boxers going professional with some unwarranted people. That is very concerning. We see volunteers on the ground who are distraught at what is happening. I know the Taoiseach would like the problems in this organisation to be addressed. I ask him, the Government and the Ministers to get involved in this, to sort it out once and for all, and to deal with what is happening in the IABA.

I think the world “mafia” should be withdrawn.

I withdraw it.

I do not think the Deputy means it that way because whatever our views and perspectives on organisations, that can in the normal case be a loaded term which I do not think is appropriate. That said, there are governance frameworks which the IABA is obliged to fulfil and comply with. The Minister will engage with the sports council in regard to this issue. I am reluctant to have Government Ministers run sporting organisations. It means there is a problem and that should not normally be the case at all. However, there are governance frameworks and agreements that have to be observed and complied with. In particular, good quality coaches of the type the Deputy has mentioned are important, as is a good environment and a good framework to sustain their contribution to the sport.