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- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
John O'Mahony: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and having regard to the dissolution of Dáil Éireann on 14th January, 2020, Standing Orders 16, 29 and 30 shall stand suspended in respect of the sitting of Seanad Éireann on Tuesday, 21st January, 2020. I welcome the Members. As I am not contesting the election, I take this opportunity to thank the multitude of...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
John O'Mahony: We are adjourning sine die.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: I thank the Ministers and Sport Ireland for their opening remarks. I will begin by addressing the Minister. Based on his presentation to the committee, does he agree that the only thing that has changed since the FAI was before the committee last March is the revelations of the mismanagement of the organisation over the years, their audits and so on? I take from his presentation that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: I am sorry but I am time constrained. What explanation did they give?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: The Minister has outlined how the funding is to be restored to grassroots soccer. Is there a vehicle to distribute all the funding, which, I think, amounts to €2.9 million, to the grassroots? That is going a different route, but has any other funding been withheld? I am thinking of Euro 2020. It looks as though this may run into the sand. Will there be funding for the four games...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: I thank the Minister for his brevity. Finally, how much did the FAI seek from the Minister on Monday as a bailout?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: €80 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: Briefly, as I know that it is not possible to go into much detail, can Mr. Treacy and Mr. Mulvey say on what basis the KOSI report was referred to An Garda Síochána? Was it on legal advice or was it when they saw the report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: Mr. Treacy explained how Sport Ireland is not a regulatory body in a sense. I find it strange that the 2017 figures from the auditors were cleared without a problem or a health warning. There is a health warning on the corrected figures released a few weeks ago, however. That is difficult for the general public.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: Would Mr. Treacy like to see the procedures changed. This is the second time this has occurred. A couple of years ago we had the Olympic Council. We have all quoted that. I agree with Mr. Treacy’s assessment that the Olympic Federation of Ireland has been a role model of what can be done to correct such issues. Could this happen again, however, with other governing bodies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: If Sport Ireland requested the Minister to give it stronger powers to avoid what we have seen over the past several years with two sporting governing bodies, would he give them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: Sport Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: I will be brief. Mr. Treacy mentioned that Sport Ireland invited the FAI in twice in 2018 and it turned down the invitation both times. Will he give us some more information on that? For example, what were the dates in 2018 and what reason was given for not coming in? What was the response of Sport Ireland and did it not raise a red flag in itself? There was continuous speculation that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: The first invitation was in November 2018. Was Sport Ireland comfortable in that four months before The Sunday Timesarticle was published? I am sure the former chief executive was not travelling all the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: What would have been on the agenda for the meeting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: The fact that the meeting did not happen did not raise any red flags.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: Did other governing bodies have similar clashes in dates? Was the FAI the only governing body with such a clash?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: I thank the witnesses. The Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, mentioned earlier all the governing bodies that have signed up to the code of governance. Is the information on who has signed up to the code or who is yet to sign up in the public domain? I know the numbers but I am talking about names.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: That would be great.
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)
John O'Mahony: We will take Second Stage.