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Air Transport Preclearance Agreement: Motion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. The US preclearance facilities at Dublin and Shannon Airports provide an important service for thousands of people travelling from Ireland every year. Ireland was one of the first countries to offer this service and it has proven to be a significant advantage to the State in terms of attracting airlines and new routes to our two biggest...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: 481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Transport Authority, NTA, plan to review the rule regarding the age limit for vehicles which operate as taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17362/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: On the statement from the FAI board today about the board planning on stepping down what, if anything, would preclude those board members from putting themselves forward for re-election at the following AGM? Will Sport Ireland make it a condition of planning to preclude any former board members from putting themselves forward or that the funding would not be reinstated? Is that to be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Was it under the Companies Act that funding for the former Olympic Council of Ireland was withheld?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Is the option not open to Sport Ireland to withhold funding until a new board is elected that does not include former members of the existing board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Yes, but Mr. Mulvey said it was as a result of the Companies Act 2014, but how did that come about with the OCI board being fully replaced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Given the seriousness of all of the issues that have arisen, does Mr. Mulvey believe Sport Ireland's powers need to be extended to include that authority? Is it not time for Sport Ireland to have such powers because otherwise we are looking at the FAI board stepping down and its members being able to put themselves forward for re-election such that nothing will change? I was looking at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: I asked Mr. Mulvey a question about the extension of Sport Ireland's powers-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: -----in order that it can be effective, in some shape or form, because, as it stands, it does not look as if it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Will the Minister consider extending the powers provided in the Sport Ireland Act 2015 in order that Sport Ireland will have more powers and to ensure this will not end up being a complete and utter farce, given the seriousness of the issues involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: That is good. If those powers could be provided as soon as possible, at least it would stop what will predictably or is likely to happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: As a committee member, I suggest Sport Ireland look at the conditions attached to funding and extending its powers in order that we will not see what I suspect is a possibility at the next annual general meeting of the FAI. We are three weeks into the process and it appears to me that the only investigations being carried out into the FAI are those being carried out by or commissioned by it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Treacy, but the Minister said he would be in favour of having a forensic audit carried out, but that it depended on Sport Ireland. Therefore, it does have the power.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: We need clarity because the Minister said he was favour-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: It is a point of clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Sport Ireland was due to carry out an audit this year. The last one was carried out in 2016. Will Sport Ireland or the Minister confirm that this audit will be different, that it will not be like an ordinary audit and that it will be a forensic audit, given all of what we have witnessed and all of the remaining questions that are unanswered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: That is why I stress that everybody wants to see those at the top and at the helm in the board being held responsible. We do not want those in the grassroots to suffer because of it. That is why it is important that people be held to account and that the powers of Sport Ireland be extended to ensure that if people are stepping down, they will not be able to put themselves forward at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Then it is all the more important that Sport Ireland carries out that forensic audit this year. As John Delaney is not a member of the board anymore, will he also be resigning? Did the Minister get any clarification or did Sport Ireland get any in its meeting yesterday? What is going to happen with John Delaney? He is stepping aside temporarily while the FAI carries out an internal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Would Sport Ireland be of the belief, given the board allowed Mr. Delaney to voluntarily step aside, that this also points to the fact the board is totally dysfunctional and cannot stay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Imelda Munster: Finally, will Sport Ireland give a commitment to the committee-----