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

Ms Catherine Guy:

That was reviewed. Among other conditions, MOU 35 specifically was noted as not having been embedded. I also attend the governance oversight group, which is our joint working group with Sport Ireland and part of the framework for reviewing and assessing compliance with the recommendations. If I might paraphrase, there is effectively a two-step approach, with phase 1 setting things up and phase 2 embedding. Governance or, rather, new procedures and processes do not happen overnight. MOU 35 was identified as one of, I believe, 20-plus conditions that had not been embedded at that time. This matter was considered at the ARCFC. It would also have been something the board was aware of in terms of the consideration of the financial statements. It was not embedded of itself but would not have given rise to a red flag, per se, because it is an iterative process in terms of setting something up and embedding it. I hope I have answered the question.

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