Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion

Photo of Kevin O'KeeffeKevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have come a long way in the past few months. When I saw the accounts, I went to a professional accountant to be sure. So much has gone off track with the financial stability of what is a large national association. That said, I would not be in favour of dismantling the association. As happened with the Olympic Council of Ireland, perhaps a name change might be a move in the right direction.

I am delighted that the Minister met some representatives of the FAI last week, but I wish to ask him about people producing and seeing reports. In fairness to Sport Ireland, the KOSI report shows that it acted fine in its distribution of money, in that the money was accounted for and it went where it was supposed to go. That was good to hear. The governance review group was chaired by Mr. Aidan Horan and produced a document. Did the Minister see that document before it was signed off on and put into the public domain?

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