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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Deputy Barry has made his point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Thank you, Minister. I call Deputy Casey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Thank you, Deputy Casey. I call the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Thank you very much Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Thank you very much, Minister. On a housekeeping matter, an economist has been seconded to the committee to do some very important scoping work with regard to current expenditure. The individual has been in touch with the Department. We are now a month into this process but unfortunately we have not managed to have a designated liaison person assigned to that economist who was seconded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: I would appreciate that. Thank you all for your time today.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: 719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider appointing a commissioner for independent living for disabled persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53169/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: I thank everyone for their perseverance today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: I will keep to questions rather than making statements. What exactly did KOSI say about how much the FAI spent on Sport Ireland-funded work? When before this committee in April, Mr. Donal Conway said that the figure was four fifths, 80%. What did KOSI say on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Can Mr. Treacy say whether Mr. Conway's statement to the committee in April was accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: I have been watching the proceedings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Of course, I am simply trying to probe matters based on our previous hearings but that is fair enough. I understand the position. I will move on. Given that the FAI is often audited and that Sport Ireland often cites such audits as a sign of the health of a sporting organisation, does Mr. Treacy feel this sort of problem could exist elsewhere? As the Chairman has outlined, this sort of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Will Sport Ireland be looking at any other organisations retrospectively in the same way as it has looked at the FAI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: With regard to the restated accounts of the FAI, these were restated in 2016 and 2017 and the accounts for 2018 were released at the same time. Has consideration been given to going further back into the FAI's accounts to find the genesis of this problem and to find out when these problems originated within the organisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: Indeed. It might be a question to which Mr. Treacy can find the answer. I do not see how it could impinge on Garda investigations in any way. I may help give us a clearer picture. With regard to the current state of health of the FAI, notwithstanding the confidential figure that was inadvertently revealed by the Minister here a short time ago, do we have a sense of the FAI's overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: In terms of the Government's response, there is the direct scheme the Minister outlined earlier today and there is funding for the international women's team. Is that the limit of the measures the Government is willing to undertake or will there be further direct interventions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Noel Rock: I have a final question. Does the FAI have the money to pay the senior team ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 matches? I presume there would be a conflict with UEFA intervening in respect of that tranche of funding.