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
We will get to that is in a minute, I am just asking questions. I actually have a note. My final thing is in relation to this issue of raising a concern. I brought up this issue earlier, saying that somebody had contacted me. I do not actually know the person. I do not want to know the person. However, while I have been sitting here, I actually got a message from a member of my staff to read an email. Obviously, I am not going to say the name of the person, but this is actually a male. They said, at 2.14 p.m.:
Alan, I can't believe some of what I'm hearing from the FAI. I have gone to Raiseaconcern but at the next stage of the process, where they wanted me to engage with a company called RSM, I was informed my anonymity could not be guaranteed. Please contact me if you want further information. I would love to put all of this to the FAI because I felt very let down.
So, I will provide those details. I have a fair idea geographically where that is from, given the reference, but that raises a concern for me. The person obviously does not feel that, as somebody volunteering for the FAI, this issue and their concern has been dealt with.
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