Results 18,421-18,440 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: There is a meeting tomorrow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: No proposal has been made to the State about that at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I would discuss anything with Deputy MacSharry but at this stage we have not even considered anything like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I have no wish to lead Deputy MacSharry up the garden path about anything or to support any particular proposals. I have said that in this situation - the FAI came to us the other day with proposals - if there are reasonable proposals of any sort on the table, we are not going to reject them. However, we have not considered anything along that line at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I am not going to give Deputy MacSharry that sort of comfort.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I thank Deputy MacSharry for being constructive. Reasonable suggestions have to be considered. This is a crisis and they have to be looked at.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: The process should have started last July.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I do not know what is actually happening at this stage. I am not hands-on in that regard. What I am saying is this should have happened far earlier. There is no hurry to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: We want to see it accelerated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I will stay for as long as members wish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: We have not done any detailed analysis on that whatsoever. When we met the FAI on Monday night, Grant Thornton was there as well and it had done some work on the consequences of examinership. I do not know how far it had gone but I asked Grant Thornton to share it with us, and it said it will share it with us in the next week or so. I would be happy to let the Deputy know the result of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: Yes. Those preparations will take place and are taking place, and Grant Thornton said it would be looking at the prospect of examinership for the FAI, which it says it will share with us. I will share it with the Deputy when we get it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: No, not really.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: Not really.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: There was vague talk about its assets but we did not go into any detail. To be honest, once its representatives mentioned the figure, we made it absolutely clear to them they were not going to get a bailout, they were not going to get funding and that KOSI had said they were not going to get funding, and that was it. Going further with that discussion would have been pointless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I am trying to recall. Not in any great detail. We realised they are very heavily indebted to the banks at this stage. When someone comes looking for a bailout, that is the only card they really have to play. The bottom line was they told us the situation was pretty dire and there is no point in going into detail at that stage if that is the starting point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: I cannot make a judgment on that. I think they are currently a going concern but their situation is precarious.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: It was certainly my intention that it should be released and published in full. That was my objective. When trying to find a way of doing that, and that is still my intention, I met a brick wall from the Garda, the Attorney General and others. The Deputy understands the reasons, and I will not waste the committee's time by going into it. If I say anything about the reasons, I could tread...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: This is important. I will not promise that but it is an avenue which I will pursue. It is important that as much information as possible can come out without prejudicing legal proceedings. The Deputy is right about that. I cannot allow those proceedings to be prejudiced. There are probably two reasons KOSI said the FAI is unfit for purpose. The first pertains to corporate governance and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Shane Ross: As I said in my opening statement, we are meeting the staff this evening specifically to hear their concerns.