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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is five hours since-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Why do we need a 25-minute break when we only met at 3 p.m.?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: We can always-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: A 25-minute one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I want to start by asking Mr. Delaney some questions. Obviously, he can choose whether or not to answer them but I find this process quite frustrating because the public certainly would have believed that the person who is most prominent and associated with the FAI would be here today answering some questions about the issues under debate. Mr. Delaney might want to consider clearing things...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The way we have been doing it involves asking and answering. Does Mr. Delaney think it is the most serious situation the FAI has been in? If so, does he acknowledge his role in bringing about that situation? I know he said that he will not answer questions about his time as CEO but he was the most prominent person in the organisation. Given the lack of financial viability of the FAI,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: As he cannot answer the question, I have directed it to Mr. Conway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I was asking Mr. Delaney if he wanted to consider commenting on the financial viability of the FAI, which falls within the remit of this committee, in his role as the most prominent spokesperson in the organisation. I do not think the Chairman should be answering for Mr. Delaney. He can decide whether he wants to answer the question. In particular, I was drawing attention to 2017, the year...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Would Mr. Delaney acknowledge that people who worked for the FAI took pay cuts during that time and in the past number of years? For example, regarding the development officers on the ground who deal with young people, clubs and so on, I have been sent information to the effect that people had pay cuts amounting to between €2,100 and €6,000. Their mileage allowances were also...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Did members of the board have similar cuts in remuneration at that time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: My next question is for Mr. Conway or any other member of the board to whom it is pertinent. Earlier, it was stated that when the controversy first broke the board issued a statement that the bridging loan was made in the best interests of the FAI and that "The Board of the FAI has been kept fully informed in relation to this matter at all times." Today, the FAI told the committee that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The FAI's additional statement today does not state when the board was informed. Mr. Delaney did so in his statement but Mr. Conway did not. That strikes me as strange.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It seems strange that the information as to when it was told would not come from the board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: A governance committee was established in 2017 and a code of conduct for board members was drawn up in the same year. It is a little ironic that the code of conduct was produced at a time when board members were running around with knowledge of the financial situation and did not tell the rest of the board. A conflict of interest form was also developed at the time, according to Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: A former financial director, Karl Heffernan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Mr. Conway asked who I meant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: That is fine; the person is not here. My point is that it has been reported in business newspapers that there are people on the board who have loaned money to each other in their business dealings. Does Mr. Conway not think that this might lend itself to those persons not being independent minded when situations arise in the FAI? This should be something Mr. Conway should be concerned about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: How many of the 20 clubs at senior level are entirely free of bank, director or shareholder debt?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes.