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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: I will come back to that if we have time at the end. I am going to go to Mr. Keohane. When did he become independent chair of the FAI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: When did he become aware of the historic allegations from the 1990s?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Did he share this information with the board at that stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Project Magenta. What investigations into these allegations were instigated in the context of Project Magenta?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: How long did that take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: How does Mr. Keohane feel about FAI executives repeatedly declaring in the summer of 2024 that they first became aware of the allegations early that year, particularly when there has been a lot of evidence that there was information out there in 2023?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: I will move on to Mr. Paul Cooke in his role as President of the FAI. Based on everything he has seen today and over recent weeks and months, does he have 100% confidence in the board and executive of the FAI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Is Mr. Cooke saying he has 100% confidence in both?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Is he 100% confident in how they have dealt with the specific issues we spoke about earlier?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Mr. Cooke is 100% happy with the processes and procedures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Is Dr. May 100% happy? Does she have 100% confidence in the board of the FAI in terms of how it has dealt with this particular situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: So Dr. May 100% happy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: I will be very brief because I am conscious of time. Mr. Robert Watt was mentioned. He is a board member. Deputy Byrne asked a question on a call that was made. What that call was about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Does Mr. Keohane think it was appropriate for Mr. Watt to make those calls?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: What was the purpose of that call?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: By not answering of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: With respect, there was no specific case being spoken about. I was speaking generally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Cleere: Everybody, male or female, young or old, deserves to feel safe on a soccer or GAA pitch or a sports field. Absolutely everybody should feel safe and what we are talking about here, when we boil everything down and without getting into specifics, is the safety and welfare of those participating in sport. The FAI has 225,000 members and 100,000 volunteers. I would not be doing my job right...