Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

That was the statement made by Sport Ireland to this committee, and then to the Minister who conveyed it to the committee. We expected that would happen. Something has happened in the past ten days that has changed that narrative. We have not had a sufficient explanation as to why that occurred.

The time period for nominations is dramatically short - one week. I do not think there is an organisation in the country, trade union, political party or company that would have that truncated period of reflection on who would be nominated for a post.

We want to separate the personality and the individual from the office. We want a new start, a new era for the FAI. That means new people at leadership level and the report reflects that. This is unfortunate. Nobody desired this.