Results 5,361-5,380 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: We all agree with the fact that anyone currently on the board should no longer hold office.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will give the Deputy two more minutes. I appreciate that her question is very important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Why has a draft set of accounts not been presented?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Why does Sport Ireland not insist on that in the interests of setting the tone. This is about setting the tone for the future. It can present a draft set of accounts if it wishes. The FAI has a turnover of €50 million per annum. It is not a corner shop but a business with corporate responsibilities under the Companies Act. By the way, it is disappointing to note that the Act is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Horan can have a professional view on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The fact is that the association could have a draft set of accounts. Is that not the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate that Mr. Horan is not answering on behalf of anybody and I respect his independence and professional input. However, the fact is that key decisions are being made and people are being elected to office without even draft accounts being presented. Key corporate decisions are being made without the facts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Fianna Fáil will be next but I am not sure who the primary speaker will be. Is it Deputy MacSharry? Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It might be helpful to say, as Deputy MacSharry is new to the committee, that we went through that matter previously.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am not trying to stop Deputy MacSharry's line of questioning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The line of questioning is perfectly reasonable. I am not interfering with it, but we went through it all before and we were satisfied that Sport Ireland acted appropriately at all times.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am not calling time yet. The Deputy should not worry. He has another few minutes. I am a very good Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to make a couple of points. One of the issues is that if a new chief executive is not put in under a proper, comprehensive and internationally benchmarked process, the drift could very well continue. That is a huge point. Whatever changes happen, the new CEO, whoever he or she is, is going to be the kingmaker for Irish soccer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is what I am holding onto in this. If that is done, then everything should change. However, I accept Deputy MacSharry's point about what is happening. It is not good enough and we know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: It might require a degree in science.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Forgetting everything else, the FAI is not a charity, it is a company. Many of the reforms are processes within committees and so on, which I fully support. What is happening in the context of making the association fully accountable under the Companies Acts? What would happen if there was an insolvency? What role would Sport Ireland have in that regard? This is a serious issue. There...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: We received a letter earlier, although I appreciate that the Deputy may not have been here, in which FAI offered to come after its annual general meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The letter is from the president, but I hear the Deputy. I will have no problem in making that request.