Rowing Ireland has said it will "engage constructively" with a proposed independent review into athlete welfare and best practice governance.
It follows on from the governing body's Oireachtas appearance on Wednesday.
The hearing was called after a series of Sunday Independent articles on athlete welfare within Rowing Ireland's high performance unit in the lead-up to the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games.
Chief executive officer Michelle Carpenter was not in attendance for the hearing, with chairperson of the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Alan Kelly TD, outlining what he called "unprecedented" communication from representatives of Rowing Ireland before this week's hearing.
The government said an independent review of the response to the matters "could be helpful".
The statement, issued on behalf of Minister for Sport Patrick O'Donovan TD and Minister of State for Sport Charlie McConalogue TD, said "lessons could be applied more generally across sport".
Rowing Ireland today said it "welcomes" the statement from Ministers O’Donovan and McConalogue.
"Rowing Ireland acknowledges that there are lessons to be learned and remains committed to reflection, learning and continuous improvement, as part of its ongoing work to support athletes and strengthen governance across the organisation," the statement read.
"Rowing Ireland is currently reviewing all aspects of how this matter has been handled. We welcome the focus placed on athlete safeguarding and recognise that, while Rowing Ireland is responsible for its athletes’ safeguarding and welfare, these responsibilities are also shared across the sporting system."
The statement went on to say that the governing body would "engage constructively" with the proposed review and said some changes have already been made in line with best practice.
Last week, in a private session, psychologist Dr Paul Gaffney told the committee that in 2024 he was treating 12 current and former athletes from the sport's high-performance programme.
Meanwhile, Sport Ireland said it did reach the point in July 2024 where funding to Rowing Ireland was stopped because of concerns within the body.
Rowing Ireland receives €1.4m in funding annually for its high performance unit and €400,000 in core funding.
Rowing Ireland subsequently conducted an independent review with any resulting actions a matter for its board.
The chairman Barry McWilliams said on Wednesday that "the board was keen to initiate a new era for Rowing Ireland."
