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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: They are fully aware of them. Has any training been given in the 14 or 15 years that Mr. Conway has been on the board, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Okay. There was nothing from organisations like the Institute of Directors in Ireland, for example, or anyone else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I thank the witnesses. That is helpful. Are the witnesses satisfied that all relevant disclosures have been made during their time on the board? There is no reason to suspect or expect that there has not been any disclosure that should have been made but which was not made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am taking it that all the board members are happy. All the directors are happy that they have met all their fiduciary duties to date.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is the only one. Colleagues have asked questions and there has been confirmation. Does everybody have the same reply in this respect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: No. I am really only interested in the past.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I cannot talk about the future. I can only talk about the past and the delegation's time here. It is quite frustrating for me and others, I am sure, as so many people are here who had different roles until recently. We are barred from asking pretty relevant and important questions in that regard. I made a note when Mr. Conway spoke about restoring confidence and we are collectively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I thank Mr. Murray. In the world of business in particular, cash is king. It is not surplus. Profit and cash are two different things. It is like golf - you putt for dough. Mr. Murray had no concerns about a going concern situation or that the FAI may have to go into some form of receivership or liquidation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: It was not an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Okay. I am trying to equate the €100,000 loan to another situation. Once in my business life, an employee offered me a loan. I thought, "Fair play to them. That is commitment." I did not take the loan. In this situation, an employee offered a loan; he did not take money. Following on somewhat from the questions of Deputy Jonathan O'Brien to which the witnesses responded, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Yes, ETB. I understand from Mr. O'Connell that one bank account was the operating account, so to speak. Is that the bank account with the overdraft facility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Is it the bank account to which the €100,000 was required to be lodged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The money was transferred. It was for the purposes of the No. 1 operating account to pay normal, day-to-day creditors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is the last of my questions. I thank the witnesses. As a general point unrelated to any particular individual, it is a very good thing for Ireland, with a population of 4.5 million, to have a representative on the board of UEFA, regardless of who that person is. Some countries with populations of 40 million, 50 million or 60 million people do not have a representative on the board of UEFA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I apologise for interrupting, but does the committee have this information on the external chairperson?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: We have not been given this information. This is different from the statement submitted to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I want to focus a little on the past but primarily on the future and my questions are primarily for Sport Ireland, to Mr. Treacy and Mr. Mulvey; either can answer them. Is Sport Ireland satisfied that no other situations in any way similar to the FAI or the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, occurred in the past? The OCI was before this committee about 18 months ago or more. Is Sport Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Sport Ireland is satisfied that, with what is happening currently in the carrying out of audits and so on, we are not going to have any other issue like this, looking back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am asking if Sport Ireland is in a position to stand over the audits it does and has done on corporate governance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Sport Ireland can stand over those. Mr. Treacy mentioned that in the opening statement he made to us on 3 April.