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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: It was not an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Okay. I am trying to equate the €100,000 loan to another situation. Once in my business life, an employee offered me a loan. I thought, "Fair play to them. That is commitment." I did not take the loan. In this situation, an employee offered a loan; he did not take money. Following on somewhat from the questions of Deputy Jonathan O'Brien to which the witnesses responded, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Yes, ETB. I understand from Mr. O'Connell that one bank account was the operating account, so to speak. Is that the bank account with the overdraft facility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Is it the bank account to which the €100,000 was required to be lodged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The money was transferred. It was for the purposes of the No. 1 operating account to pay normal, day-to-day creditors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is the last of my questions. I thank the witnesses. As a general point unrelated to any particular individual, it is a very good thing for Ireland, with a population of 4.5 million, to have a representative on the board of UEFA, regardless of who that person is. Some countries with populations of 40 million, 50 million or 60 million people do not have a representative on the board of UEFA.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Níl uaim ach dhá nó trí nóiméad. Sin an méid. Tugaim tacaíocht láidir don mholadh seo. I strongly support this amendment put forward by Senator Paddy Burke and supported by Fianna Fáil. It is a good amendment which takes the local community into account. Local communities in rural areas can often be forgotten. We have to think about the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I suggest that Senator Norris go back and make that journey again.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Tá fíormheas agam ar an Seanadóir Higgins, más atá a fhios aici, ach tá cúpla rud gur mhaith liom a rá. Ní tógfaidh mé ach cúpla nóiméad. Má táthar ag caint ar an N59. Labhróidh mé i mBéarla ar feadh tamaillín. Regarding the N59, I was responding to a reference about driving a road through...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Tá brón orm.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: In responding to my esteemed colleague, Senator Norris, who in 1969 drove to-----

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Tá brón orm - 1967. I was there as well but I was not driving a car at that stage. As the Minister of State knows very well, there is a committee of local people who have been lobbying to improve and tarmacadam the road between Galway and Clifden to make it safer. That committee has been on the go for four of five years. All the people want is a proper road for their community....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Níl agam ach dhá nóiméad as I am not the leader of our technical group by a long shot. I am very happy with the leader we have.On Senator Gavan's point, none of us condones violence of any nature. We never have and never will, in any place or at any time. I would expect and assume that all Members support that because we are a peaceful society and we try to create a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Socioeconomic Profile of the Seven Gaeltacht Areas in Ireland: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Táim an-bhuíoch as an gcuireadh ar thug an coiste dúinn teacht anseo chun an tuarascáil seo a chur os a chomhair agus ina láthair. Tháinig sé seo ón dearcadh a bhí agam don tábhacht a bhaineann le hanailís eolaíochta a fháil ar chúrsaí sóisialta agus eacnamaíochta na tíre. Mar dhuine ar rugadh agus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Socioeconomic Profile of the Seven Gaeltacht Areas in Ireland: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Gabh mo leithscéal ach beidh orm imeacht go dtí an Coiste um Iompar, Turasóireacht agus Spóirt. Tá ceisteanna móra á phlé ansin díreach anois agus tá brón orm go mbeidh orm imeacht i gcúpla nóiméad. Tá mé fíorbhuíoch den Teachta as ucht an tacaíocht don doiciméad seo. Ní haon ionadh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Socioeconomic Profile of the Seven Gaeltacht Areas in Ireland: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Aontaím leis an Teachta Doherty. Tá an ceart ag an Dr. Mac Cormaic. Is rud é seo atá níos leithne ná díreach a bheith faoin Stát amháin. Tá sé tábhachtach go dtiocfadh na Ranna éagsúla le chéile. Más féidir liom cúpla moladh ginearálta a dhéanamh. B’fhéidir go mbeifear in ann...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I get that there is a big difference between regulation and governance. It is a totally different mindset and way. I know this from different matters, including aviation and the Commission for Aviation Regulation and so on. The witnesses are right. I fully accept that and it is important to make that distinction or draw that line in the sand. That is not the role of Sport Ireland, nor do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am sorry to have missed it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: There were no red flags before the recent issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: What is Mr. Mulvey's view about the idea of considering asking particular organisations with grant aid of over €1.5 million to have an independent board governance audit once every five years?