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
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source
No, but you can if you want.
I want to ask some specific questions and then I am going to ask for a lot of documentation. I have a habit of asking for documentation. First, can the witnesses provide the committee with everything from January 2024 in relation to this issue? Can they also provide a timeline of everything that has happened that Mr. Courell and the chairperson will stand over in relation to these issues? That would be helpful. Can the witnesses provide who was in what position during the period 2022 to date? There may have been movement and it is so we can correlate. Furthermore, I have some specific questions on what I think the witnesses called project magenta. We called it operation magenta. What are all the costs related to that, or how much is that costing given that the taxpayer's role with the FAI now is so elevated?
Specifically about the events in Limerick, I would like a timeline to be provided of everything that has been since the complaints were made in Limerick, and information on the assistance line provided to people in the FAI. I was told about one specific situation where somebody who had very deep concerns and suicidal intentions contacted the line and did not get any help. I can provide extra information on that privately. I am not going to do it here. It has been brought to my attention by somebody. I do not even have the names and I do not want to have the names.
I have questions for Ms Pakes. Throughout this process, from 2023 to date, have you been in your position permanently all the time?
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