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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: The Deputy has said something is rubbish when I have given her the facts. How is it rubbish?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: This is the mantra the Deputy is always spouting, but I have given the facts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: If one looks at RTÉ's exposé, it did not consider all the figures.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: Yet the Deputy is quoting a flawed exposé.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: I ask the Deputy, through the Chair, to continue, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: Under the latest sports capital programme, €1 in every €3 went to disadvantaged areas, or €19 million out of €57 million. It is a long time since Deputy Coppinger was on Fingal County Council.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: Again, I would like to emphasise, as someone who has come from a small club myself, that I know how important even relatively small figures are in terms of funding. That is why I want to emphasise to the committee that it has been incorrectly reported in various media that we are not continuing grants to soccer. We are continuing sports capital grants to individual clubs around the country....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: On the comments relating to UEFA, we are due to meet it shortly and the Senator has raised many of the questions that we will be asking. The image of the FAI and Irish soccer is damaged, although I hope not irreparably. I am conscious of the fact that Irish soccer's image must improve if it is to get out of this situation, given the issue of acquiring sponsorships and other necessary...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: I said earlier, in response to Deputy O'Brien, that we must be protective of public moneys. There is a high risk that if we were to give money directly to the FAI, given that KOSI has stated that the moneys were pretty much well accounted for and given the precarious financial situation that the association is in at the moment, we could not guarantee that it would not disappear into a black...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: Sport Ireland has the information. Is it available publicly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: I was very sorry to hear about Limerick FC last week. There is a long and proud tradition of soccer in Limerick. There was so much hope in recent years and the club had been performing well until relatively recently, which compounds it. It is a huge pity. The licence is a matter for the FAI in terms of league participation. I acknowledge the fact that an uneven number in the first...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: I would love to give a commitment of the type the Deputy is seeking but we are back to the fundamental question of whether we bail out the FAI. That is the other side of it. Again, there is so much collateral damage and it is very serious. That is one of the risks. It is hypothetical at present and that is why we will meet UEFA and why we will explore all options to see what can be done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: The point is that because of the overall financial situation, that money could-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: That is the reason.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: No one wants this to move forward more than the Government. We want to see the independent chairman and independent directors in place. We want to see an independent chief executive appointed as quickly as possible. We are happy to work with those people and do our best to move this forward and achieve progress. Earlier we discussed the process of appointing the independent directors,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: It is not complete. We are looking for a new chairman and a new chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: We met directors on Monday night. Whereas they did not get the outcome they wanted, it is important that there is dialogue and a relationship there. We know that we are far from complete in terms of the line-up we need to have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: Mr. Conway has indicated that he will leave in January.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: No. I think that is it for now-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Griffin: -----as far as I am aware. As we discussed earlier, if further information comes to light later, that will change the situation. We are very much dealing with hypothetical situations at present.