Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the forthcoming AGM, no FAI rule underpins the election of the president and vice president. A lot will be decided at the EGM. Given this is all about governance, have the candidates for president and vice president been validly nominated? Does Sport Ireland have a function in this? The FAI's constitution specifies what should be transacted at an AGM. It specifies financial statements and the nomination of auditors. How can any of this be complied with? How can Sport Ireland possibly stand over an AGM that does not even comply with its own rules? I accept it will take a very long time to get the association properly constituted but this is its first opportunity to have an AGM and it will be in breach of its own rules. The tight timeframe seems to exclude deliberately other people. This is not the type of voter confidence that will stand up publicly. Does Mr. Treacy accept this is how it will be read?