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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: That is fair and honest. That is a good reason. I agree with the Deputy on that. Does he have a quick follow-up question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Be quick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Who would like to respond? Do we have volunteers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Sport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I have some final questions and then I will sum up because there were some specific requests from committee members and so on. We have reached a point where there is a wall that we cannot get past. Regarding the distinction between the complaints and concerns, the timeline associated with that seems to be January 2024. The situation is that prior to January 2024 we were in the concerns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: From the time it was an official complaint.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: It is, on purpose.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: That would not necessarily be in a log. I asked for a chronology and timeline. I asked if there is any issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: That is fine. That is on the record now. I want to ask a question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I know, but does it not worry you? This is obviously a senior volunteer. I will not explain here how I know that but I would expect that we all know it is from a certain geographical area. I do not know the person. Does it not concern you that this is how they feel about Raiseaconcern?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I know, but this has been referred on to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I accept that. My issue here is that a number of people now have raised the same issue, because it is obviously from the same location. So there is obviously either an explanation required, or a process issue or a communication issue. I am not aware which it is but it is just falling down somewhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I understand that but obviously there is some issue here that people coming through this process are not aware of it, or there is some other issue. I thank all our witnesses for coming in. I want to sum up on a few issues before we conclude. There was a request from Senator Ní Chuilinn - she referenced Swim Ireland - in relation to how organisations deal with this issue, which we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Yes, just to see if there were any changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: I just want a timeline. A complaint was issued, that was initiated. That is fine. From then to now, what has the FAI done? I do not want any specifics, I just want to know what the FAI has done. I want to make sure that the process that was used there is robust.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Well, there are two weeks, so whatever. Finally, there may have been other requests which have slipped or which I have not taken a note of, but we will write to you, through the clerk, if there is. From our perspective, there were a lot of issues and concern on behalf of the committee in relation to where we ended up today. It is unprecedented. I hope we never have to have this type of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Very quickly. The Deputy O'Sullivan might ask it now and then let the witnesses respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Kelly: Chronology and a timeline.