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

Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

Yes. I said and reiterate that it will be. One of the other reasons is we were not aware last night that there was a report to the Companies Registration Office. It was our legal advisers who advised us this morning. We would have brought the matter to the attention of the Chairman as soon as we found out about it. To be honest, that event alone changes my mind, as chairman of Sport Ireland. My view is I would have reported it to the board and told the chief executive. I want no more surprises or drip feed of information. I do not want to read about what I need to know and should know and the information I should be granted as chairman of a statutory agency that gives €2.9 million to the FAI, even if it is only 5% of its funding. We have an obligation that will be met. There will be no drip feed of information and no relying on second or third party information. We need to satisfy ourselves and the board of Sport Ireland that everything is being done appropriately and properly within the FAI and within the appropriate time period, whatever it is. I hope it will be done sooner rather than later. We want the development officers to be paid in August. Some 60% of our grant of €2.9 million goes towards paying development officers.

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