Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Fine Gael)

For transparency, I was contacted by one member of the FAI, Eileen Gleeson. At which point I suggested that Ms Gleeson comes in and speaks publicly to the committee. That is the only person I have been in contact with and we are all disappointed that she is not here.

I want to reference the opening statement in terms of the "Girls in Green" documentary. Everybody who has spoken so far has mentioned it. I welcome the FAI's willingness to discuss "safeguarding policy, governance and oversight", which is basically all we are here to do.

My first question is for Ms Kirsten Pakes and I ask her to cast her mind back to May 2023. Did she know about the allegations that were later exposed in the documentary that everybody has mentioned?