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

Frank Feighan: I have not asked any questions yet.

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

Frank Feighan: Senators must go to the Seanad to vote.

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

Frank Feighan: I thank the Chairman.

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

Frank Feighan: I apologise that I do not have a pair so I must vote in the Upper House at some stage. In light of some of the questions I asked Sport Ireland a week ago, I was concerned that the FAI did not have an independent member on the board, as was mentioned in the Mazars report. Why did that not happen? Perhaps this question has already been asked of the witnesses.

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

Frank Feighan: Yes. I am sorry, I meant the Genesis report.

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

Frank Feighan: I understand that but let us say that Sport Ireland, that is, the taxpayer and the Government, is giving €2.7 million per year, then surely there should be such an independent board member. I say this is a difficulty on behalf of the Government. Surely there should be an independent member on the board in the interest of the outcome of the Genesis report and in the interests of...

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

Frank Feighan: Sponsors are stakeholders and they are very important to a body such as the FAI. Have they expressed any concern at the current situation in the FAI? Has there been any negative impact from sponsors?

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

Frank Feighan: I refer to FIFA and UEFA. Mr. Delaney is the executive vice president of the FAI with responsibility for FIFA and UEFA matters. FIFA certainly has not been the most open group. Sepp Blatter was the general secretary since 1981 and president since 1998. He has been suspended since 2015 for corruption and financial mismanagement and he has been ejected from office for eight years. How...

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

Frank Feighan: Every time one hears of the FAI there is another report coming be it Jonathan Hall Associates, Mazars or Grant Thornton. These reports must be expensive. Does Mr. Conway have a ball park figure on how much the reports will cost? I am sure the Government and this committee will also incur significant expenditure.

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

Frank Feighan: Are we talking tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands?

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

Frank Feighan: I sit on this committee. I have been here since 10 a.m. I had to leave for a few votes. I spoke for five minutes. I have no problem with people coming in but I find it very unfair that members of this committee cannot get in for more than five minutes.

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

Frank Feighan: I must go again to a vote. I think the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, is doing everything to ensure I do not get in.

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

Frank Feighan: It has been an interesting and difficult few weeks for the FAI, members of the footballing community, politicians and others. We have asked many technical questions. Some answers have been given and some cannot be given. We are unhappy in certain ways. I will come at this matter from a different angle. Last week, Mr. John Treacy was asked to answer "Yes" or "No" on the question of...

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

Frank Feighan: I hope our guests will forgive me if they have already answered the question I am about to ask. If the issue with the €100,000 happened again tomorrow, would it be addressed differently or how would the FAI go about that instead of getting an individual loan that has caused much of this confusion?

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

Frank Feighan: I am a member of the public and I attended my first Sligo Rovers' game over 50 years ago. I went to my first Republic of Ireland game over 40 years ago. I ran a double-decker bus to Germany in 1988. I am a member of the soccer fraternity. I have served as secretary of my local soccer club and I was treasurer of the Roscommon district league 30 years ago. I welcomed the recommendations of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I normally would not comment on the Garda or the PSNI. However, I am concerned about the recent theft of ATMs. Last week, as I was driving back from a function, I passed a garage on the Feeny Road in Dungiven from which another ATM had been stolen. This is the eighth theft of an ATM in Northern Ireland and there have been many more in Cavan and Monaghan. What is happening? Do the banks...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Yes, I will have to leave shortly.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Yes, I am first.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: I am delighted to see the Minister of State here. St. Angela's College in Sligo is the only-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (4 Apr 2019)

Frank Feighan: Yes.