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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Am I correct that having a domestic league is a prerequisite to having an international team?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That is my understanding. Perhaps the Minister of State will have it checked out and come back to me on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: My question is one that I would have expected the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, as Minister with responsibility for sport, to be able to answer. When we speak about doomsday we need to know what doomsday looks like.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: If there is no domestic league, there can be no international team.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I ask the Minister of State to come back to me on the scenarios.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I would appreciate it if the Minister of State would come back to me with that piece of information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I want to know the consequences if there is no domestic league.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What happens next summer in terms of competitions and our relationship with-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We need to flesh out that scenario because it brings into sharp focus exactly what we are talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We all want to avoid that scenario. On the skillsets, new independent directors have been appointed and more are to follow. These are, in the main, volunteers who may also have full-time jobs. Are they have sufficiently resourced in terms of expertise to work through the current crisis or is additional expertise required?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We have been told that the FAI believes that it is a going concern, although the auditors have raised a red flag in that regard. Is it a going concern on the presumption of State funding, UEFA funding, FIFA support or is any of that known?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is it assessed as a going concern on that basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That is a major source of concern. There are people who, having worked with other organisations, have expertise in this area, including Brendan Menton and Sarah Keane, in terms of her hands-on approach to the restoration of an organisation. The committee could usefully hear from such people if we are holding another session in the new year. We should have another session because this is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We need the specifics in regard to each recommendation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We need specifics around the ones that have been implemented, which ones are outstanding and why they are not being implemented. That type of information will be helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: In regard to Deloitte, in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 it was paid €88,000, €106,000, €103,000 and €135,000, respectively. The total amount for tax and audit advice over four years was €430,000, which is an awful lot of money. Some of those accounts had to be restated. There are other issues in regard to FRS102, which is about related parties. One would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I do not know the breakdown between fees for tax advice and audit is but we ended up with a tax liability, which may have arisen because the auditors did not have sight of some information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I will make a couple of other points very quickly with regard to structures. The number of people who will elect, for example, the next president is very limited. Does Mr. McGinty have concerns about that? Has Sport Ireland been talking to the FAI in this regard? That is part of its governance arrangements and it strikes me that this number may not be representative of the totality of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Concerns have also been raised with regard to underage structures. I refer to the under-13s and the relationship between their clubs and the league. There are serious concerns about the quality and sustainability of the underage game. Does Sport Ireland have concerns in this regard? Has it talked to the FAI about the issue, given that it falls under promotion of sport? Does Sport Ireland...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I can send Sport Ireland something in that regard.