Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, we cannot say that because there are other things that need to happen. We need to be fully confident, if we are directing money directly to the FAI, that that money will not disappear into a black hole of debt, for example, or it will not go into overdrafts. We need to ensure that public moneys are protected and that is why we have looked for the alternative media to channel the funding to the front line, as we discussed earlier.