Results 11,641-11,660 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It would be basic maths.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: A call would come in to say it is January, we turn over €50 million but we are a bit tight; it was an expensive Christmas period.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Would Sport Ireland require a business case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: There is a logic to the line of questioning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How then could we be assured that was the case? I respect and accept that is what Sport Ireland was told, and that it accepted that, but in terms of follow-up, how could Mr. Mulvey be sure the money was spent in that way and that it was not used for twine, for want of a better expression, to keep the lights on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, but there was an incident concerning €47,000 for women's football.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Could that have been replicated in other cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, but that was not part of the original allocation. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Did the funding allocation have to be retrofitted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Could Sport Ireland assure the committee that the association is solvent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Treacy alluded in a letter to Deputy O'Keeffe and I on some of these matters, much of which was covered in the opening statement as well, that FIFA and UEFA are broadly happy with the proposals for rule changes. Is there written correspondence confirming their approval?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: There was an acceptance of the report. Could the committee have copies of that correspondence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Will there be an opportunity to come in a second time, Chairman?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: What is the position regarding my time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Treacy said in his letter and in his opening statement that the urgency of moving forward arises from the need to provide the public football community and stakeholders with assurance that there is a determination in the FAI to enact the necessary reforms. He mentioned rebuilding public trust and confidence as quickly as possible and that in some way is driving the urgency. I put it to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I hear Mr. Horan on that. However, he has had to do that on the blind. There is nothing to say these five other reports will produce outcomes that will determine that that structure needs to be different.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Horan could take that report as a template and apply it to any agency, and I respect that. What I am saying is that we have the biggest crisis ever in the FAI and we are taking key decisions without having fully identified the problems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I will be quick. I do not mind coming back but I do not want to disenfranchise others. It is a matter for the Chairman.