Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I asked earlier how if Sport Ireland does not regulate the FAI, who does regulate it. It probably suits some of the politicians here to blame Sport Ireland when questions could have been asked by politicians over the years along with successive Ministers for sport. The witnesses from Sport Ireland state that it does not impose governance and that it must be bought into but it has not been bought into in the case of the FAI. The witnesses would agree with that. The only sanction Sport Ireland has is the withholding or withdrawal of grant.