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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)

Noel Rock: Why more?

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)

Noel Rock: Why did the audit of 2016 have a broader scope? Was there an operational reason for 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)

Noel Rock: Will that be a regular occurrence going forward?

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)

Noel Rock: I am conscious I am sharing my time with my colleague, Senator O'Mahony. Where am I on time 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)

Noel Rock: I presume it is two minutes of my own time and then I can pass over to Senator O'Mahony.

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)

Noel Rock: Accordingly, the broader audit reflects 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)

Noel Rock: That makes sense. In terms of the creation of the new role and corporate governance, this might have been asked already but I want to ask it in a straight way. Does the creation of this new role for Mr. Delaney reflect best corporate governance practice?

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)

Noel Rock: Naturally. I thank Mr. Treacy.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (10 Apr 2019)

Noel Rock: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of interest in the built heritage investment scheme and historic structures fund in north-west areas of Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Noel Rock: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation to tackle the ongoing issue of scrambler and quad bikes; the status of the cross-agency meeting which took place on 15 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16787/19]

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

Noel Rock: I am sharing my time with Senator O'Mahony. To pick up from where Deputy Catherine Murphy left off, the board meeting was the conference call. Do I understand correctly?

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

Noel Rock: When was the conference call?

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

Noel Rock: I just wanted to clarify that. I welcome Mr. Conway. The unnamed creditor mentioned in his statement, the production of which was - we will say "assisted" - by Grant Thornton, was Dundalk Football Club. Is that right?

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

Noel Rock: That is no problem at all. Without naming the creditor, had it made any requests for funding prior to 25 April?

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

Noel Rock: I understand that. To give a bit of context, what I am trying to move towards in my line of questioning is the claim in Mr. Delaney's statement that the cashflow issues came to light on 25 April. It seems that if requests were deferred or delayed before that date, there may have been pre-existing cashflow issues. Would that not be the case?

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

Noel Rock: I can understand how that would come to be given the lumpy nature of the associations ingoings as opposed to the steady nature of its outgoings. It is perfectly rational. Given that, at the time, the FAI may not have been able to honour all cheques issued, is Mr. Conway of the view that the FAI was close to being insolvent under company law?

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

Noel Rock: Let us bring it back to the core of our remit, which is taxpayer funding. Had the advance drawdown of State funding prevented similar situations arising in the past? Had the FAI reached similar precipices in the past which were prevented from having an effect by the advance drawdowns which Sport Ireland told us last week happened five years in a row?

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

Noel Rock: Was the auditor, Deloitte, made aware of this loan at the time?

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

Noel Rock: The people who were aware were those in the finance department, the honorary secretary, the former president, the financial controller and the CEO. Is that correct?

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

Noel Rock: There was no legal advice consulted at the time.