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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: That is the reason.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: No one wants this to move forward more than the Government. We want to see the independent chairman and independent directors in place. We want to see an independent chief executive appointed as quickly as possible. We are happy to work with those people and do our best to move this forward and achieve progress. Earlier we discussed the process of appointing the independent directors,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: It is not complete. We are looking for a new chairman and a new chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: We met directors on Monday night. Whereas they did not get the outcome they wanted, it is important that there is dialogue and a relationship there. We know that we are far from complete in terms of the line-up we need to have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: Mr. Conway has indicated that he will leave in January.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: No. I think that is it for now-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: -----as far as I am aware. As we discussed earlier, if further information comes to light later, that will change the situation. We are very much dealing with hypothetical situations at present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: We have been over this already today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: I am not an expert on financial matters but from reading of the figures it would not be likely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: They are. In our recent engagement on the FAI, I pointed out that as a large organisation FIFA has the means to help and it is in its interests to help. The FAI is a member football association. FIFA has a role to play here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: The doomsday scenario is that if the domestic league is wound up international teams do not participate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: I am not certain about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: We are trying to avoid the doomsday scenario. These are the issue we want to discuss with UEFA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: It is pretty clear that if the FAI does not exist, there can be no domestic league.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: I would imagine that if there is no FAI, there would be no international team. The Deputy's question is whether the FAI can exist with only an international team and so on. I will have to check that out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: We are all aware that all of the potential scenarios are not good. From the Government point of view, we are working to avoid any scenario that would be negative to Irish soccer. We are working to get the funding to the front line through the youth sports programme and we have restored funding to the international women's team. We are anxious to meet with UEFA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: To be clear, the Deputy wants to know if the FAI-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: My understanding would be that if there is no domestic league, there would be no need for the FAI and, therefore, there would be no international team.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: Obviously, without an international team we could not participate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: If the FAI folds, our international team will not be in a position to participate and so the game in Slovakia in March will not take place. Again, that is a hypothetical situation. We are trying to avoid that scenario.