Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is hard to believe that, since last March, we would have arrived at this situation. I have a long involvement in junior soccer. I was treasurer of the Roscommon district league back in the 1980s, I was secretary of my local soccer club, I ran a double-decker bus to Germany in 1988 and I was at a celebration of junior football in Sligo County Council last Monday. I know from members and playing members on the ground that they are absolutely disgusted at what has happened, and I can only reflect that back. We are trying to get to the end of this but it is hard to imagine we could have ended up where we are.

I am disappointed at the FAI's absence. Its representatives should have come in here today to answer questions and I hope we will have them here in the future.

I wish to ask a few questions. There was a joke many years ago. If one asked a doctor what two plus two was, the doctor would have said four. If one asked a dentist what three plus three was, the dentist would have said six. If one asked an accountant what four plus four was, the accountant would ask, "What do you want it to be?" It seems that Deloitte has many questions to answer as well. It is difficult to believe that it signed off on the books. Mr. Treacy is right, in that we rely on professional auditors to do the right job. I do not know whether it is in order, but can the committee invite the accountants?