The Irish Amateur Boxing Association will have to appear before the Joint Committee on Tourism, Transport and Sport to discuss the controversy surrounding the resignation of Billy Walsh from the High Performance Unit.

Chairman John O'Mahony says that the Committee will question the IABA on the issues surrounding the resignation, and particularly what efforts were made on their part to retain Walsh.

Earlier today the IABA criticised Sport Ireland in a statement, saying that comments by Sport Ireland chairman Kieran Mulvey and chief executive John Treacy were "unhelpful, highly questionable and disingenuous.

IABA Chairman Joe Christle says they still don't know why Walsh resigned and he believed that a deal had been agreed that would have seen the Wexford man remain in charge of the High Performance Unit.