Mr. Aidan Horan:

He has been on the board for 14 years but he has been president for only one year. The board of the FAI will have an independent chairperson. We have written in the report that we are advocating a more detailed job description for the president and vice president and we are asking them to support the chairperson who is to be independent. The future president of the FAI, after these reforms, will not be the current president in terms of position and status surrounding the governance of the FAI because of the independent chair. The president will chair the football management committee but not the board. It is important for us to remember that.

This is an interim board; it is like a reform board, task and finish, get involved, take forward the implementation recommendations and come to the July 2020 AGM having read the 78 recommendations and focused on the areas we have mentioned for future work. This will be a very busy programme of work for whoever takes on this key governance role or those who are entrusted with the role. I view this as putting people in a position of trust. It is important to recognise that there will be an independent chair of the board and there will be three other independents on the board.