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
Mr. Tony Keohane:
I am disappointed the Deputy feels like that but I can understand it, given what we have had to talk about. As much as I can, I want to reassure the Deputy that we will stay focused on this and give all of the support that is needed, at board level, to people like Aoife, Kirsten and others in the organisation. I am very taken by the Deputy's comments on the grassroots. One of the things we have discussed recently at our board meetings is a thorough governance review and we will take that further. Dr. May referred to what is in MOU 14 but we intend to go further than that as an organisation. Given our size as an organisation, we need to move at greater speed and be more agile. We need to review and I will certainly remember these comments when we are doing that work.
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