Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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My last point is that several reports have been produced. The Mazars report appears to be a very extensive piece of work. There are also the Grant Thornton Ireland and Jonathan Hall Associates reports. There is oodles of legal advice. It was certainly available yesterday.

A lot of money has been spent on that legal advice that should have been spent on sport. Other organisations should learn a lesson from this. Trying to retrofit a solution is costly if things are not done right. If the blame for this can be placed anywhere, it has to be placed on the board of the FAI. It should have had control of this matter. Does Mr. Treacy agree?