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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: The letter states: [Re-structuring the] Board will be brought to the membership for their consideration and adoption at our Annual General Meeting in July (or at an Extraordinary General Meeting if the work of the Group facilitates an earlier date). At that point, when a new structure has been put in place, it is the intention-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: Just let me finish this. It continues: "the existing Board"-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I am answering the Deputy's question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I am answering the Deputy's question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: The FAI email goes on: "At that point, when a new structure has been put in place, it is the intention that the existing Board will step down to allow for a new Board to be constituted in the best interests of football." That is really a breakthrough and I am very pleased with that. It would be my preference that they were not there today but there has to be someone to start the corporate...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I have made it quite clear that I would prefer that they were not there today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: The answer to that question is yes, of course, I will consider it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I would echo exactly what Mr. Treacy said. I do not want to end up in the High Court. I do not want to say anything here which would prejudice what is going on, so I am not going to answer that question with a "Yes" or "No".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: That does not mean I am immune from being called to the High Court.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I am very glad that the Deputy asked that question. She asks whether I believe the board is part of the problem. Yes, absolutely, it is part of the problem and imperative that it step down. What we have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: We have a commitment that it will step down, to which it will be held.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: What we have is a commitment. The Deputy wants it to step down today, something I would like to see. It was in my initial statement before I received this information today. I would like it to step down and it is my desire that it would step down, but, as Mr. Treacy said, if it was to step down today and we had to put a new board in place, it would take some time to do so and there would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I commend Deputy Coppinger on saying that representatives of supporters, fans, coaches, volunteers, leagues and players should be on the board. That is absolutely essential. One of the glaring problems in the FAI is that there appears to be a very well-heeled and powerful elite at the top. However, football is about the people the Deputy has mentioned, namely, the supporters and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I am not the one to change them, but I will make that suggestion and do everything I can to see that it happens.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: The Noise Regulation (Dublin Airport) Bill 2018 is to be dealt with. Nobody else can take it because the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, is my junior.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: No, I cannot-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I am dealing with Committee and Report Stages, which will have to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: I can continue for a while because the Seanad is voting. I will be on alert as soon as the vote is over.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: Yes, of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Shane Ross: It is an aspiration, but we hope Sport Ireland and the committee that is being set up on corporate governance will get together - Sport Ireland will have a large input - to set up a completely new system for electing a board. There are obvious defects in how the board of the FAI is elected. I hope and I am sure they will be able to set up a new system, whereby the voices of supporters,...