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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)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that this is a portion of the funding of the FAI, but it is the most played sport so it is an incredibly big and important organisation. With regard to the viability of the organisation, we were told the bridging loan was to bridge a short-term problem. Does Mr. Mulvey understand what that was? What was the first letter he received that gave him any indication of what that loan...

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)

Catherine Murphy: There was a story in today's newspapers about the prize money that came from UEFA through the organisation, which would be quite normal, in the same year. It took a long time for that amount to be paid. Do the witnesses have concerns about the organisation's ability in 2017 and its sustainability as a going concern given that this most unusual situation arose?

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)

Catherine Murphy: I understand and appreciate the work that is done, in many cases by volunteers who make a big investment of time in this sport. If we could multiply it by ten, I would support as much spent on sport as possible. We are not at cross purposes on that. However, we are examining the sustainability of an important and big organisation, and there is a doubt about that. Will Sport Ireland do an...

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)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Treacy is saying Sport Ireland is limited in what it can do.

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)

Catherine Murphy: Are there initiatives Sport Ireland can take that are over and above what it has done already in respect of that year?

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)

Catherine Murphy: I will not press this point because my time is limited. Mr. Treacy drew attention to the change in the role from CEO to executive vice president and said Sport Ireland has not been informed about that. Sport Ireland has a document about its investment criteria and one of the criteria it will insist on is that jobs are advertised. According to the statement, he has moved and it happened...

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)

Catherine Murphy: However, one expects a different standard when public money is going into an organisation. One cannot segment something off to a corner and say the rest of the organisation does not matter. Those investment criteria insist on a particular set of behaviours, and advertising jobs would be one of them. I am speaking about Sport Ireland's rules.

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)

Catherine Murphy: The witness appears to take a very soft approach with the FAI, to work with it, as it were. I am sure that is the case with other organisations. However, it does not appear to be reciprocated. Certainly this response gives us the impression that this is one-way traffic. There has to be some sanction that Sport Ireland will impose or else this behaviour will continue.

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)

Catherine Murphy: Mazars is not a way of avoiding this.

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)

Catherine Murphy: I refer to the document sent to the committee by the delegation last week in respect of governance issues, strategies and challenges. It states that members of the FAI ratified the introduction of an eight-year term limit for board members, which is at variance with the three-year terms. The submission indicates that as part of rule changes and to avoid immediate loss of experience and...

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)

Catherine Murphy: I presumed we got it from Sport Ireland last week.

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)

Catherine Murphy: That is what it is.

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)

Catherine Murphy: That is what was agreed. The Genesis report was referred to earlier and there was mention of the need for independence on the board, with which I agree. It is interesting that at the time of the Genesis report publication, the then FAI treasurer, Mr. John Delaney, said he was quite furious that it would take five years to implement some of the recommendations. He made a strong commitment...

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)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Treacy has said it is the board's responsibility with respect to corporate governance. He said earlier that today is not a good day and it is never a good day when sport is on the front pages of newspapers for something other than winning something big. That has been the profile over the past number of weeks. Mr. Treacy said earlier there is one CEO. This split position was...

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)

Catherine Murphy: Has he asked for 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)

Catherine Murphy: We are probably going to come back to it when we have sight of the report. That was approved seamlessly. The FAI has a president and vice president. The vice president is elected by the council but this executive vice president role happened as a consequence of this report. It was approved unanimously by the board at a time there was a difficulty for the chief executive officer. Does 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)

Catherine Murphy: I want to press Mr. Treacy on that point.

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)

Catherine Murphy: I am trying to get my head around how it would work if there is an executive vice president sitting on the board when the board has unanimously put that person in that position. Where does the balance of power fall in respect of the CEO if a new person is to stamp some authority on the organisation? Would that be an issue in terms of governance?

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)

Catherine Murphy: Would Mr. Mulvey need to see the work specification-----

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)

Catherine Murphy: -----or does Mr. Mulvey have an involvement in advance of the recruitment for the next CEO?