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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Therefore, we do not need new legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Sport Ireland does not seem to be asking for powers. It stated earlier that it did not want to be the regulator. We need clarity on this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Sport Ireland could. Do we need a new organisation because Sport Ireland wants to promote, rather than regulate, sport?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Perhaps the Minister should not be rushing through the Seanad the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Given that the crisis in the FAI has been raging for two weeks at least, the Minister should know whether he will introduce new legislation. He should have thought about it. Given that he flew to Brazil and was given the run-around by Mr. Pat Hickey and that we are being given the run-around by Mr. John Delaney, this is not new. As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, he should have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: They do not go towards the payment of salaries, but the point I am making-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister is not answering it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: We know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes. Mr. Delaney was being paid more than the Taoiseach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: And getting taxpayer's money at the same time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: There could be other sports bodies that need the money more. If the FAI is going to continue to allow the CEO and others earn salaries at those levels, what I am suggesting is perfectly reasonable. Everybody outside this room is asking that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Chairman-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Let me make a brief comment. It has been made clear by the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, that there is no need for children to suffer. This threat is being used erroneously. There is a separate fund that the Minister could set up to allow clubs to apply for funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry, I am addressing the Minister who has just said children will suffer-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister and the Minister of State are contradicting each other.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister and the Minister of State are making contradictory statements. They are deliberately not answering the questions I am asking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: As threatening clubs has been used to prevent action, they should stop saying it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The delegates would rather run a marathon than continue with this malarkey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Exactly. I am similarly surprised that we do not have a little more information. We keep hearing about the Mazars review, yet we do not actually know what is to be reviewed. I have some specific points that I would like Sport Ireland to take back whenever it next meets the FAI. Last week at this committee Mr. Delaney made a statement and we were not allowed to ask him about these...