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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I am not looking for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: But is there anything specific?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I shall now turn to oversight, Sport Ireland, and the reliance on external auditors. The same auditors were used for a long time for this entity, which in itself is a lesson. Is Sport Ireland likely to change its governance arrangements to seek rotation after a reasonable period of time as an extra safeguard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: With the solidarity bit now, is that a Freudian slip?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I have to leave as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: On the KOSI report, people have a problem that when clear wrongdoing is identified, nobody is held to account. A report has gone to the Garda and the ODCE. I certainly want to see a successful outcome to that if possible because that would restore confidence. In the view of the Minister of State, in the absence of a guarantor, be that UEFA, FIFA or the Government, is bank re-financing an option?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It is unlikely to happen in the absence of a guarantor, which shows the importance of establishing a high-level group to find a solution. Is this type of engagement happening between Sport Ireland, the Department and the Minister, Deputy Ross?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: There is some urgency in that the Minister and UEFA are going to meet very soon. They have to be central in all of this as, I believe, does FIFA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: In the absence of a domestic league, there would not be an international league.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Am I correct that having a domestic league is a prerequisite to having an international team?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That is my understanding. Perhaps the Minister of State will have it checked out and come back to me on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: My question is one that I would have expected the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, as Minister with responsibility for sport, to be able to answer. When we speak about doomsday we need to know what doomsday looks like.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: If there is no domestic league, there can be no international team.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I ask the Minister of State to come back to me on the scenarios.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I would appreciate it if the Minister of State would come back to me with that piece of information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I want to know the consequences if there is no domestic league.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What happens next summer in terms of competitions and our relationship with-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We need to flesh out that scenario because it brings into sharp focus exactly what we are talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We all want to avoid that scenario. On the skillsets, new independent directors have been appointed and more are to follow. These are, in the main, volunteers who may also have full-time jobs. Are they have sufficiently resourced in terms of expertise to work through the current crisis or is additional expertise required?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We have been told that the FAI believes that it is a going concern, although the auditors have raised a red flag in that regard. Is it a going concern on the presumption of State funding, UEFA funding, FIFA support or is any of that known?