Results 12,941-12,960 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is being fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I think the Deputy has made his point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Jonathan O'Brien has three minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy is a Member of the House. He has been sitting here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: We all know and expect that Deputy Michael Healy-Rae will seek to have his voice heard. The Deputy does not have to agree with him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Jonathan O'Brien has the floor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have to run this meeting in a way that reflects well on all of us. That means everybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I call Deputy Jonathan O'Brien.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is three minutes for questions and answers. We agreed that earlier. The Deputy was not present then but it was agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am the Chairman. I have offered a chair at the desk to the witness three times. Deputy Rock raised questions and I said that when Mr. O'Connell had the information he was asked for, he would sit there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy should hold on a second. It might be no good but that is what we agreed. I hear the question that the Deputy is asking. I have seen a different answer. I ask that the gentleman would sit there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: He was not on the list of invitees.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: However, the FAI offered to bring him, so there is accountability.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is to support us because we all trying to get at the facts here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Murray stated that he would get the information for the member. He was looking at his notes at that point. Questions were asked about audits. I want to be fair to everyone. It is my wish, and I am sure that it is everyone's wish, that Mr. O'Connell would take his seat and that he would help us and assist us with the questions. That is reasonable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate that. We will return to the Deputy's question seeking clarity on the number of bank accounts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Or in the next accounting period thereafter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry to interrupt but just to be helpful to the Deputy, the letter of invite mentions that specific issue. The FAI witnesses, collectively, were aware of that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Hold on. It is expressly stated in our letter of invite, at point 3, that we wished the FAI to proffer an explanation as to why particular credit facilities that were afforded to it were not disclosed as part of the financial statements for the relevant year. The question is very relevant and fair. It is a question about which the FAI was given notice.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy asked was why it was not recorded in the following month's statement, assuming that we are talking about monthly accounting periods.