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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)

Shane Cassells: He does not recollect getting that email advising the staff? If another member of staff told Mr. Hill - as his or her boss - that he or she did not recall getting that email from him, would that be acceptable? Let us presume he did get the email. He said that he read the handbook concerning the rules on holiday pay. Let us get to the heart of this because Mr. Hill said today that in...

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)

Shane Cassells: Who was who?

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)

Shane Cassells: Alex O'Connell. Okay. Mr. Hill said here earlier that the conversations happened through a series of emails. That is good. To whom was the very first email sent?

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)

Shane Cassells: Okay. However, in respect of Mr. Hill, to whom was the very first email sent?

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)

Shane Cassells: Obviously, Mr. Hill dealt with that matter. I do not want to get into that person's details. However, where or to whom was the first email sent in respect of Mr. Hill?

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)

Shane Cassells: The then finance director contacted the chair.

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)

Shane Cassells: Without any prompt from Mr. Hill.

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)

Shane Cassells: I just want to get the answer. Did the finance director independently of Mr. Hill as CEO make a suggestion to Mr. Barrett? That is what I am trying to get to.

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)

Shane Cassells: I know, but I am finding that hard to believe. That is giving me the impression that this is kind of like a WhatsApp chat going, "Jesus, Jonathan, you should get a bit as well". It did not work like that. Mr. Hill said it was an email. I am trying to find out to whom the first email was sent making a suggestion that Mr. Hill should be in receipt of a similar package to the person who had...

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)

Shane Cassells: Okay. I am just confused on the timelines because Mr. Hill is saying that it was December. Mr. Barrett told delegates on Saturday that his first approach on this was February. Where am I missing something?

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)

Shane Cassells: Who contacted Mr. Barrett first in respect of this?

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)

Shane Cassells: Okay.

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)

Shane Cassells: It was the end of February. At the end point, who came to Mr. Barrett at the end of February with the recommendation?

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)

Shane Cassells: It was the HR director. Did Mr. Hill sign a letter warning the general assembly members that funding for this year would be suspended over the gender balance issue prior to those meetings taking place?

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)

Shane Cassells: Okay, so Mr. Hill co-signed that letter. That would have been the start of November prior to that EGM taking place on the ninth?

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)

Shane Cassells: Mr. Hill signed that letter warning delegates of the consequences of the non-compliance on gender but made no reference to the fact that Government funding had actually already been suspended.

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)

Shane Cassells: Now we are playing on words. Mr. Hill wrote a letter-----

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)

Shane Cassells: Mr. Hill wrote a letter to all of the FAI family warning them that funding for 2024 would be jeopardised if they did not comply with the gender balance quota, but did not tell them that, by the way, Government funding for this year has already been suspended because of actions by Mr. Hill. Was that right?

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)

Shane Cassells: This is a question of whether we are telling the truth or the whole truth.

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)

Shane Cassells: Yes, but Mr. Hill had a bigger problem.