Mr. Colm McGinty:

I can clarify the point. The first invitation was issued towards the end of 2018. It may have been the November board meeting. The former chief executive officer was not available as it clashed with Ireland's away game in the UEFA Nations League in Denmark. The second invitation was for the next meeting, which may have been the December meeting. The former chief executive was not available as he was out of the country attending to business in his role with UEFA. There was an executive meeting in UEFA and it was essentially a clash of dates. We were working on other dates and there was a date in the diary for the first quarter of this year that seemed to suit all parties. However, The Sunday Timesarticle was published on St. Patrick's Day and events quickly overtook us. The very next meeting of the board of Sport Ireland was the time when the decision was taken to suspend and withhold funding to the FAI.