Mr. Ger McDermott:

I will try to be brief. We are a company limited by guarantee, but we are also a members organisation. We are made up of 37 different members, which are effectively affiliates in terms of the organised game. Outside of the school system, the five key bodies affiliated to us are the four provincial associations looking after the youth and adult amateur game and the Schoolboys/girls Football Association of Ireland, which looks after football up to under-16s. They have their own governance frameworks and statuses to which they work. The leagues affiliate into one of those bodies, depending on who they are providing football for. Under our current constitution and governance structures, we have a role in mediating and facilitating discussion where we can, but they have their own frameworks and a level of autonomy within those.