Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion
Mr. John Treacy:
The Genesis report called for independent board members and that is something we in Sport Ireland strongly advocated for. Any time I have the experience of meeting boards and seeing independent people on boards, they are bringing expertise and it adds real value to boards. It is something we strongly advocate for. We like to see that implemented throughout the entire sports sector because it adds value and it means we have strong boards and good skills, whether legal, financial or otherwise, and they bring skills that these sporting organisations do not have. That was a strong recommendation in the Genesis report and we continue to strongly advocate for that.
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