Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We were constantly making it clear what we thought and what our view was of corporate governance, particularly regarding independence, women and the fact that the longevity of the people on the board was something that worried us. In retrospect we regret a lot of things that happened. That particular payment to which Deputy Catherine Murphy referred was a payment of €195,000, which was made because of the appalling conditions in which women in sport had to suffer, particularly on the international scene and we are all familiar with that. We gave a direction to Sport Ireland to produce that money after representation was made to us, because it was a very urgent case that was very well publicised and women needed that money.

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