Results 7,581-7,600 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I want to clarify the position but if our guests do not want to answer or if it is beyond the remit, that is fine. Can I ask the question and then Mr. Conway can tell me whether it is beyond our remit? I am trying to establish, in respect of the €100,000-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I appreciate that. If they do not wish to answer, I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: If the Chairman believes it is beyond the remit of the committee, it is his responsibility to correct me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: If I can ask the question, then people can decide whether it is beyond the remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: If I can ask the question, the Chair can make a ruling on whether it is beyond the remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: My question relates to the bank account in respect of which the concerns existed as to what would happen if all of the cheques were processed. Is that the main bank account?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Is that the same bank account from which prize money is paid to League of Ireland clubs, including European money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Okay. There are a number of accounts into which money is lodged which are not the main bank account, which is in respect of this particular €100,000 loan. That money is paid out of the main account, so I presume money is transferred from the accounts that are paid into, for instance. Chair, I am not trying to step outside the remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: If the money is paid into a particular account - it could be any one of the 13 but I am taking the UEFA account as my example - money is obviously transferred into the main bank account and then paid on to clubs. There should be no issue in respect of certain creditors having their funds met because there would be money sitting in holding accounts. For instance, prize money would be sitting...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: No, but I am trying to establish something. In his opening remarks, Mr. Delaney stated that at the meeting on 25 April 2017 between himself, Mr. Breen and Ms Tsang, concerns were raised that cheques had been written and that if they were all cashed in before the end of the week, there would be an issue in respect of sufficient funds being in the account to meet them. I am trying to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am not asking for individual amounts paid to each club; I am just asking what, to me, is a simple question. Are there certain creditors who would not create a cash flow issue because the money owed to them would be transferred from one of the other 12 or 13 FAI bank accounts in which it would be sitting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: If Mr. Conway does not wish to answer-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: My final question is whether, without naming creditors or amounts owed to them, it is a fair assessment that there are only certain types of creditors who would have the potential to create a cash flow issue if the cheques issued to them were cashed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I have three questions, the first of which concerns the accounts. Are all of the bank accounts audited as part of FAI's financial returns or is it just the main bank account?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Let me outline the difficulty I have. Mr. Delaney said in his statement that he issued a personal cheque. If so, I presume it was in his name. We know it did not go into the main bank account because he said it could not. It went into a different bank account. Maybe Mr. Delaney can tell us what bank account it went into. It went into one bank account and the money was transferred to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: The cheque was written by Mr. Delaney. I presume that, as part of the auditing process, the cheque stub was handed over to the auditors, who would have been aware that there was a loan from Mr. Delaney. I presume the money paid back to Mr. Delaney in June came from the main bank account, so there would be a corresponding cheque stub for the payment to Mr. Delaney. Did the cheque stubs form...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: No-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I asked another question in respect of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: -----which bank account the money was paid into.