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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Today's proceedings will reaffirm people's cynicism regarding the political process and the FAI. It does not give me any pleasure to say that. I have family members who have been connected to the FAI. The witnesses have come along here today armed with lawyers and legal advice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It obviously got legal advice before coming here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The witnesses have given the most minimal answers that fit in with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Mr. Delaney is here physically so he has covered himself in that way but it is Hamlet without the prince because he has not answered any of the questions that people outside this room would have wanted to be answered. I hope journalists and the general public take note of how toothless the Parliament has become because of legal threats. The board was fooled or misled by a number of people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: This has been very frustrating for many people. Changes need to be made.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (9 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of termination of pregnancies here in the first quarter of 2019. [16271/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Regulations (4 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the island of Ireland having two different time zones following the position of the European Union not to have seasonal time changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15781/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14604/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. My first question relates to Sport Ireland's regulatory role. There is a slight contradiction in the opening statement, in which Sport Ireland is at pains to stress it is not a regulatory body yet the Sport Ireland Act confers considerable authority on it and, according to the opening statement, this is reinforced by responsibility for investing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is self-regulation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: If Sport Ireland does not regulate the FAI, who does?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Members of the public and the fans who pay the money that, generally speaking, funds most of the FAI's activities would be entitled to ask who protects the investment they make. It seems to be that Sport Ireland does not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: We have also been told it is completely voluntary for the FAI to come before the committee next week. Who regulates it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: On that, Sport Ireland has power if an organisation does not tell it that it is in shortfall or has liquidity problems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: At this stage, it seems the FAI has not informed Sport Ireland of shortfalls or about a very strange loan. It has not informed it about the changes it made to its board. Why has Sport Ireland not used the leverage it has at any point in the last number of years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Did Mr. Treacy ever think it strange that the CEO of a sporting body would earn more than the Taoiseach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Did he ever raise it with him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: In terms of sporting bodies, we are not talking about a particularly successful body, certainly in more recent years. We are talking about quite a mediocre national team performance when compared with other sports. Did Sport Ireland think it strange that the CEO was earning that amount of money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Although Sport Ireland does not have control over the board of the FAI, it does have views on best practice. As has been alluded to previously, best practice holds that people would not serve more than two or possibly three three-year terms on a board. However, even after the recent reforms on the back of a review by independent consultants which Sport Ireland was not told about, the FAI...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Funding provided by Sport Ireland to the FAI amounts to approximately 5% of the organisation's budget. That allows for the funding of 57 staff.