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 Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Given the seriousness of all of the issues that have arisen, does Mr. Mulvey believe Sport Ireland's powers need to be extended to include that authority? Is it not time for Sport Ireland to have such powers because otherwise we are looking at the FAI board stepping down and its members being able to put themselves forward for re-election such that nothing will change? I was looking at the FAI's statement and it literally states the board will oversee the investigation. It is actually being allowed to stay in situwhile the restructuring is taking place. It will recommend that it be allowed to facilitate the management of the processes to their conclusion. That is ridiculous. It is running rings around Sport Ireland. It is hard to credit this could be considered to be a step in the right direction. That is not the case; it is anything but. Is Sport Ireland allowing the FAI to run rings around it?

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