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

I have got to say that I would hold back on making that kind of statement as yet. That is the ideal situation but the loss of confidence in terms of the finance of the FAI was really brought about by the lack of proper governance and oversight. We absolutely have to be confident that this situation is rectified and that we can be confident that public money is spent in the way it is intended to be spent. I fully accept that is something that Deputy MacSharry would want as well.

We thought that we would see that second AGM in September and the KOSI report a lot earlier. There is funding for soccer by way of capital grants. It is not direct funding for the non-commercial side that was there heretofore. We saw a scenario, for example, where the Olympic Council was denied funding for a considerable period. Looking at that organisation now, it is not recognisable in comparison to what was there heretofore. That is what the object should be in relation to this, so that we do not come back and revisit this topic in a year or two years time but that we can be confident that this organisation is fit for purpose.