Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is an aspiration, but we hope Sport Ireland and the committee that is being set up on corporate governance will get together - Sport Ireland will have a large input - to set up a completely new system for electing a board. There are obvious defects in how the board of the FAI is elected. I hope and I am sure they will be able to set up a new system, whereby the voices of supporters, players and various other elements in sport will be directly represented on the board of the FAI. We do not exactly know how it will work, but we are determined that those voices should be heard. It is absolutely vital that the volunteers and those who benefit so much and have a large stake in soccer be represented on the board. They have not been properly represented before and we are determined to ensure it will happen.