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

I thank the witnesses for being here and for their opening statements. I want to put on the record that it is very positive that some of the changes put in place by Sport Ireland will also a apply to all of the other organisations it funds. It is evident that there has been good learning out of this process. It may well stop us from having situations such as this in the future.

Sport Ireland has made the point that this should be a new beginning for the FAI and this is what we all hoped for. One of the key issues will be the interim board. Mr. Mulvey referred to the nomination for the post of president and that he was not expecting that it would be one of the outgoing people, such as someone who had spent 14 years on the board, was the president for a number of years, and was there during 2017 when all of the difficulties with the accounts arose, as discussed here. Has Mr. Mulvey spoken to the FAI about that, and if so, what response has he received? If not, what does Mr. Mulvey intend to do about it?