Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I agree with Deputy O'Connor's proposal to invite the FAI, the Department and Sport Ireland to a meeting. I am particularly interested in exploring the issue of the Covid resilience funding. There is very much a feeling at club level that this funding never filtered down. I would like to explore some of the details as to how the Department ensured that the Covid money was distributed. If the FAI could provide that information at the same meeting, that would be useful and important in the context of people's confidence in sport. Of particular concern are the issues relating to the CEO's salary. I say that not because we have all of the details on it but because this is not the FAI's first rodeo. The association has been here before. Any possibility that it was not abiding by the funding arrangements agreed with the Department is of significant concern and is all the more reason for intervening at a very early stage.