Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

How could Sport Ireland have confidence in the way the public money was spent? There were terms and conditions associated with funding and that is why Sport Ireland has suspended payment of funds. I regret that as well and I regret the fact that we are discussing this matter.

That was a breach of the terms and conditions in respect of the receipt of public money. The board did not even have sight of it. I am absolutely astonished that the FAI conducted its business in this way. The people who knew about it were the finance director, the honorary secretary, the former president, the chief executive, and the financial controller. The rest of the board was not apprised of this matter. It was not reported to the auditors because it was not minuted. If it is not minuted, it does not get picked up by the auditors in the end of year accounts. I will come back with other questions later but Mr. Delaney has said that he individually took the injunction. Was the board aware that was happening?