Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It has been an interesting and difficult few weeks for the FAI, members of the footballing community, politicians and others. We have asked many technical questions. Some answers have been given and some cannot be given. We are unhappy in certain ways.

I will come at this matter from a different angle. Last week, Mr. John Treacy was asked to answer "Yes" or "No" on the question of whether he had confidence in the FAI board. He said he would not say "Yes". It was not a good day last week. He also said that, over the past decade, the FAI has been audited by Sport Ireland's independent auditors on more occasions than any sporting organisation. Independent audits of the FAI were completed on Sport Ireland's behalf in 2010, 2014 and 2016, with all the findings reported to Sport Ireland's audit and risk committee. I know the FAI is a very large organisation that gets huge money but why has the FAI been audited on more occasions than any other sporting organisations? Is there a reason for it?