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

Mr. Kieran Mulvey:

It will commence as soon as we are in a position to appoint auditors. Our chief executive has already indicated that we are having difficulty appointing auditors who will undertake this work for us. We will undertake that work under the normal procurement rules we are required to follow under the Department of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform regulations, as we always do in regard to this. We do not, however, want to have a situation where Sport Ireland is expending a considerable volume of money in duplicating work that is being done and paid for by the FAI, or work that is being done by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE. In front of the Minister I assure the Chairman, the Deputy and the committee members that we do not need the Minister to tell us this. We will do this.