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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: If Sport Ireland does not regulate the FAI, who does?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Members of the public and the fans who pay the money that, generally speaking, funds most of the FAI's activities would be entitled to ask who protects the investment they make. It seems to be that Sport Ireland does not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: We have also been told it is completely voluntary for the FAI to come before the committee next week. Who regulates it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: On that, Sport Ireland has power if an organisation does not tell it that it is in shortfall or has liquidity problems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: At this stage, it seems the FAI has not informed Sport Ireland of shortfalls or about a very strange loan. It has not informed it about the changes it made to its board. Why has Sport Ireland not used the leverage it has at any point in the last number of years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Did Mr. Treacy ever think it strange that the CEO of a sporting body would earn more than the Taoiseach?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Did he ever raise it with him?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: In terms of sporting bodies, we are not talking about a particularly successful body, certainly in more recent years. We are talking about quite a mediocre national team performance when compared with other sports. Did Sport Ireland think it strange that the CEO was earning that amount of money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Although Sport Ireland does not have control over the board of the FAI, it does have views on best practice. As has been alluded to previously, best practice holds that people would not serve more than two or possibly three three-year terms on a board. However, even after the recent reforms on the back of a review by independent consultants which Sport Ireland was not told about, the FAI...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Funding provided by Sport Ireland to the FAI amounts to approximately 5% of the organisation's budget. That allows for the funding of 57 staff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is nearly 30%, in a sense. It is significant, even though the overall funding level is low. Sport Ireland has said that it satisfied that the FAI has spent that funding in the way it should. At the same time, Sport Ireland says that the FAI has been audited by Sport Ireland on more occasions than any other sporting organisation. Why was that the case? Did Sporting Ireland have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: In terms of the level of funding that Sport Ireland gave to the FAI, it amounted to approximately €35 million in a decade. The sum provided in 2017 was just under €3 million. That was the same year in which the organisation had cash flow difficulties and got a loan from the CEO. While €3 million sounds like a lot, it is only 5% of the total budget. Why was it lower...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: In terms of popularity in society, soccer would be higher than the GAA in Sport Ireland's monitor but the FAI gets less money than the GAA. Could the FAI argue that it has been hit with austerity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Can I just ask-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The money that Sport Ireland gives to the FAI is for youth grassroots participation. Would Sport Ireland agree that it is totally unsatisfactory that it channels its focus into that when the dogs on the street can see that the CEO is extremely well paid? The CEO's expenses are unknown and we will ask about them next week. Sport Ireland is aware of all this. It is investing money but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Why?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It should be registered that this shows how tame the Oireachtas is in terms of us having to watch what we are saying here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes, but we should let people know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: We agreed the process but I am just saying that the public should know how limited that process is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: He has three jobs.