Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. That is fair enough. Between now and our next meeting, I ask Mr. Treacy to send the committee a note on that because I think it is a legitimate question. I am quoting from an article from the Irish Independent. Mr. Treacy and other people know the facts; the committee does not. There is an element of relevance, albeit that Mr. Treacy might be able to give us an answer indicating that there is nothing to see here. It is a legitimate question. While I appreciate I have just sprung it on Mr. Treacy now, I will get him theIrish Independentarticle that made me ask the question. It is from seven or eight years ago.

I am conscious that the Minister, Deputy Ross, has gone but no doubt the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, speaks for the Government. Up to very lately the Government position was that we needed a total clear-out of the FAI. Is the total clear-out complete or did the Government have any issues either with the current executive lead or the other five directors who joined the board since July? I ask that for two reasons. First, Fianna Fáil is interested in moving this thing forward. Second, these people are entitled to their reputations. If there is confidence in them, they are entitled to hear it from the Minister of State today. If there is not, the nation also wants to know that the clear-out is not complete, that X and Y still have to go and that the Government is still not content. Can we have some confidence today to say that we are happy with the six we have? I am still in the dark as to when the independent directors will be appointed. Who are they? Who is appointing them? When will it happen?