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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The second question relates to the board. Everybody seems extremely confident, based on the latest epistle from the FAI board, that they will step down. However, given they have concealed information from Sport Ireland in terms of their financial stability in 2017, and they have concealed information from the public and from all of us, does the Minister not think the board is part of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Sport Ireland did not have the chance to do so, but will it ask it the next time to step down immediately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Does Mr. Treacy agree that it is quite a weak answer to say it would take a little time to set up a new board and that, therefore, we should leave the rotten board in place that has led us to all of the problems in the first place? Would the Minister like to answer that question? Is he going to ask it to step down straightaway?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Now or in July.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: A commitment from the FAI does not mean an awful lot, as we found out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I have another few questions. I would have thought having an interim board in place would be better than keeping the current board. Two weeks ago at this committee Sport Ireland stated it was reluctant to impose the ultimate sanction. Obviously, a week later it did impose it. Was it far too slow and cautious? Should it not have been done years ago, given what we all know now? The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Today the Minister of State said there had long been friction in the FAI. He is right. The dogs in the street have seen the carry-on in the FAI.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I would like to finish the question. The reason we were told that the sanction could not be imposed was that the grassroots would suffer and kids would no longer be able to play football. Today the Minister of State tells us that there is no issue and that we would penalise local soccer clubs for problems in their national association. If that is the case, why did it take years for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Why did it take so long to act? Rather than giving us a long-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister of State said he did not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Hang on. In his own statement, the Minister of State says that people will not be hurt by these actions. That is what I am saying.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I quoted the Minister of State's statement to him but he is answering about something else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Can I explain what I am asking?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister has said "those of us elected to Dáil ... Éireann have a responsibility to the people of Ireland to ensure that public funds are used wisely". Were public funds used wisely by the FAI over the years given what we read regarding expenses, travel and the salary of the ex-CEO, reports which we have not heard the board deny?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is established that the ex-CEO salary was, at one point, more than €400,000. It has been reduced dramatically and terribly to €330,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I refer to the note from the auditors to Sport Ireland, which said that the FAI is in breach of one or more of the sections of the Companies Act, which is a criminal offence. The Minister of State only found this out today. Are such people fit to oversee a root-and-branch review and overhaul of the FAI?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am referring to the board that was in place when this was discovered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: With regard to Sport Ireland I note that we have had issues with the Football Association of Ireland, FAI, with boxing and with the Olympic Council of Ireland, as it then was. In response to a previous question, the witnesses said there were similarities with the Olympic Council of Ireland in that strong personalities are at the helm of these organisations. Would Sport Ireland's...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: As such, can the witnesses imagine how frustrating it is for members of the public to hear that the best that this committee and this Minister can do is to put one of those people on gardening leave? We are told that is enough and we cannot do anything about this. Can the witnesses imagine how frustrating that is?