Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Micheál CarrigyMicheál Carrigy (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I welcome all the witnesses. The word "trust" was just used. It is very hard sitting on this side of the table, listening. It is like watching a US television network with some of the people pleading the Fifth Amendment, not answering questions to a committee of people who were elected and are in place here to represent the taxpayer. It is very hard to have trust, not on a personal basis but in the group or organisation, for those of us sitting on this side. To me, concerns and complaints are one and the same. If there are concerns, they should be treated similarly. I want to ask Mr. Cooke about his comment. Was it in 2024 or May 2023 that he was made aware of concerns or complaints?

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