Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would have said it did not come back for obvious reasons.

Sport Ireland previously mentioned that 10% of the MoU recommendations are outstanding. We had it the last time with the FAI, John Delaney and all of that fiasco. I am looking for the opinion of Sport Ireland. I am not overly confident, however, having listened to what has been said today and the type of flippant responses from several people since the start of the meeting. Of those ten recommendations that have not been implemented, and this one, condition No. 35, was way down the list of recommendations to be implemented, we would imagine they would have been getting their t's crossed and i’s dotted after the financial saga the last time, but this was put on the long finger. How concerned is Sport Ireland at this stage? I know it said the FAI has put a lot of things into practice. I just do not get the vibe that many lessons have been learned. I hate to use that phrase but I do not think many lessons have been learned in regard to transparency and openness. Of the remaining ten, are there any that Sport Ireland would have serious concerns about? Does it have concerns about what it witnessed today, given the reluctance to give information, the hedging and dodging and the “I did not know” answers?

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