Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

It is a fact that there are no minutes of the internal finance committee meetings that were attended by the three people who took this decision. Normally, in any organisation in I have ever been involved, a sub-committee reports to the executive or the board, but that does not seem to happen in the FAI. In particular, a finance committee would always report to the executive. It defies belief these practices were taking place. These are key issues.

Mr. Treacy commented on points I had made about the type of board I believed was necessary. I said there should be representatives of players, supporters and the general public. Mr. Treacy said putting people in tracksuits on boards did not necessarily mean that they had the business acumen. In fairness, ordinary people have a lot more capabilities. There is a huge level of educational attainment. I am not for one minute suggesting one just plant somebody on a board. Obviously, board members need certain abilities, but I could think of many football people with the ability and integrity to be on the board.