Results 13,441-13,460 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Horan. If it is acceptable we will first take Deputy Murphy, then Fine Gael representatives for ten minutes, Sinn Féin representatives for ten minutes and then on to the Independent members. We will then go back to the members of the committee who have not spoken and then Oireachtas Members who are entitled to be here, if this is fair to everyone. Before we move on, I am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry, I did not hear Mr. Mulvey properly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will Mr. Mulvey explain the question the Minister brought up in his letter about the two people-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I understand that. I believe it was unanimous that there should be nobody-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will the witnesses explain why the Minister thought the quorum was two?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is it the case that there is no proposal for two afterwards if this is accepted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: We all agree with the fact that anyone currently on the board should no longer hold office.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will give the Deputy two more minutes. I appreciate that her question is very important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Why has a draft set of accounts not been presented?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Why does Sport Ireland not insist on that in the interests of setting the tone. This is about setting the tone for the future. It can present a draft set of accounts if it wishes. The FAI has a turnover of €50 million per annum. It is not a corner shop but a business with corporate responsibilities under the Companies Act. By the way, it is disappointing to note that the Act is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Horan can have a professional view on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The fact is that the association could have a draft set of accounts. Is that not the 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)
Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate that Mr. Horan is not answering on behalf of anybody and I respect his independence and professional input. However, the fact is that key decisions are being made and people are being elected to office without even draft accounts being presented. Key corporate decisions are being made without the facts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I understand 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)
Fergus O'Dowd: Fianna Fáil will be next but I am not sure who the primary speaker will be. Is it Deputy MacSharry? Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It might be helpful to say, as Deputy MacSharry is new to the committee, that we went through that matter previously.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am not trying to stop Deputy MacSharry's 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)
Fergus O'Dowd: The line of questioning is perfectly reasonable. I am not interfering with it, but we went through it all before and we were satisfied that Sport Ireland acted appropriately at all times.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am not calling time yet. The Deputy should not worry. He has another few minutes. I am a very good Chairman.