Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Speaking not as a League of Ireland fan but as a football fan, we have had situations for years where League of Ireland supporters and clubs had been trying to explain exactly how the FAI operates. It has ridiculed us and laughed at us. It threw some of us out of football grounds for trying to expose the incompetence in the organisation. We had a situation where the FAI described the League of Ireland as the problem child. We were not the problem child. The FAI was the absentee father. Forgive my language because I am angry about this. The FAI was the absentee father. It did not give an absolute bollocks about the League of Ireland and continues to not care about the League of Ireland. Somebody needs to say this because it has not been said vocally enough. I apologise for my language.