Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I share the Deputy’s disappointment. I would like to see the FAI appear before the Oireachtas joint committee to answer the questions that need to be answered and give the people of this country the answers they want to hear. The Minister and I, along with officials in our Department, met a delegation from the FAI last night and discussed a number of issues. According to the KOSI report, it is quite clear that the FAI is not fit to receive public funding at present but we are trying to find an alternative mechanism for channelling moneys to the front line in the context of youths football. We have already done that in respect of the international ladies team. We are doing our best to try to support the players at every level, volunteers, the staff of the FAI and supporters, but there is a very long way to go for the FAI to get back to any degree of normality.

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