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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: After it became known that there had been a breach of the memorandum-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Mr. Barrett says he was not trying to hide anything, yet he did not engage with any of the board members on the matter. Or did he?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: That does not look like someone who was trying to be open and transparent.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: It appears like that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Why did Mr. Barrett not consult the board? At the weekend, I saw reports that he believed there would be leaks to the media and that that was why he had not engaged with other members of the board.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Very finally-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: I honestly believe that, in light of everything that has happened and the way Mr. Barrett behaved on the board, Sport Ireland or the Minister needs to intervene and bring about a review of all the decisions he has made over the past three years.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Good players.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: I wish to ask Mr. Ó Lionáin about the sports capital grant. It has had a very positive impact on clubs throughout the country and has been important for them, but an element of the grant that has been raised with me is how clubs, particularly in working-class communities, struggle to raise funds. If a club applies for a €50,000 grant for lights or something, it already...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Realistically, it is a significant barrier to clubs, especially when there is a new chair two years later. Clubs do not stay the same. This requirement needs to be changed to facilitate less well-off clubs in the inner city. It is a major disadvantage to them and I would urge that it be reviewed and changed. This is not to diminish the good work the sports capital grant does, and the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank Mr. O Lionáin. I wish to ask Mr. Hill about the investment strategy. Since its publication, what discussions has the FAI had and what progress has there been? I am conscious of the time.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Mr. Hill mentioned the IIP programme. What clubs will work with that programme? What progress has there been in that regard?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: But Mr. Hill is positive. Are all ten clubs still interested?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: The FAI recently turned down investment when it was approached by US investors who wanted to develop a premier league of Ireland. I do not know all the details other than what I read in the newspapers. My understanding and what I have heard from clubs and board members is that it has not been discussed at board level. The clubs feel a bit unhappy that there has been no engagement on the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: I accept all of that, but surely the clubs and the board should have been consulted on it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Shelbourne Park greyhound track is in the heart of the inner city, not too far from here, between the Ringsend and South Lotts communities. Both these communities, along with communities right across the island of Ireland, have a deep sense of connection with the Shelbourne Park greyhound stadium. The cohesion and engagement between the stadium and the local community have been eroding in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. This greyhound stadium has massive potential. There is massive growth in housing in the area. The community needs every piece of sporting infrastructure it can get. It would be shame if an opportunity was missed. As I said, it has been done in the dog track in Galway with Connacht Rugby. Maybe Sport Ireland could intervene. There must be...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: Month after month and year after year, we have watched this Government fail to bring the housing crisis under control. From what I can see, this Government is effectively trying to normalise the crisis and trying to get ordinary people to think that this is just the way it is, that these things happen and that it will work its way through it. We in Sinn Féin will never accept this....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any specific guidelines for companies or other entities engaged with trade and other economic activities in territories deemed to be illegally occupied under international law. [54673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (12 Dec 2023)

Chris Andrews: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade while Ireland has a consistent policy on the status of Western Sahara and support for self-determination, if his Department has any concrete proposals for how a meaningful exercise of self-determination could happen; and could he explain how these proposals have been advanced with the broader international community. [54674/23]