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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is important that the committee states that we do not have patience and understanding. That is assumed on our behalf in the last line. If we are inviting them back before the committee, it should be before the tenure of Mr. Conway ends.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: This is something the committee believes is vital because he was there when many of the events took place. He is due to be replaced at the end of January so it must be before that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: That is €18 million for now. It could be €80 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: At what time does the Minister have to leave?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I will start with questions to Sport Ireland. When this series of committee meetings started out, in the earlier meetings we had, Sport Ireland was still funding the FAI. That stopped. Today Sport Ireland has announced a huge change in the terms for the allocation of grants. All national governing bodies must provide full details of the remuneration package of their CEOs. Why was this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Mr. Treacy is saying the FAI would not have consented previously.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The other striking aspect of Mr. Treacy's statement was when he spoke about the auditors, and undeclared transactions of serious concern and unrecorded liabilities. What should happen with the auditors in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I would have thought it was a matter for the State. I turn to women's football. Mr. Treacy stated the grant of €195,000 for women's football will now be paid through a private company, BDO. I knew nothing about BDO before the meeting but researched it. Its website states that it advises a number of corporate and personal clients, Irish and multinational, on their tax planning...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: How much is it paid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Who pays BDO the sum?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It seems like a further expense added to the grant of €195,000, when-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I turn to the Minister, who met the FAI the other night. He stated not a cent will be given to the FAI as yet, and I am sure everybody would agree with that. There is no way the public should funnel money into the FAI at present because it would end up going to the banks. Is the FAI sustainable as an organisation without a bailout or will it go bust? What liabilities are due, and when,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister made that point earlier and my time is limited. He has lately posed as something of a hero of Irish football.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Approximately 170,000 people participate in soccer every week, yet the funding it receives does not compare with that for other sports. It receives €2.9 million, despite almost 200,000 people playing. Greyhound racing receives €16 million, while white-water rafting will receive €22 million from the taxpayer through Dublin City Council. The allocation to soccer,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: However, all of those sports have other sources of funding as well. For example-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: An example that comes to my mind is the Minister's cheerleading of a grant of €130,000 to a private rugby school. Not many people will benefit from that. The reality is that soccer and football are the most popular sports in the country but soccer does not get the level of State support that many other sports do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: With all due respect to the Minister of State, that is absolute rubbish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I will tell the Minister of State if he stops shouting over me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I will tell the Minister of State if he will let the sound of other voices occasionally-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: RTÉ did an exposé, for example-----