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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Apr 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most recent time the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann undertook a review of the accessible routes on the Bus Éireann network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Apr 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the NTA in supplying Bus Éireann with the audio files to facilitate audio announcements on Bus Éireann services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15989/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Apr 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has supplied him with evidence of consultation with disabled persons on the future purchase of buses that are accessible to all in order to prevent a repeat of events (details supplied). [15990/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Apr 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of a bus shelter for south-bound passengers in a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [15991/19]

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank the members of Sport Ireland for their attendance today. When the FAI sought to draw down grant funding early, what reason did it give for seeking to do so?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Obviously, they carry a big debt and they have to pay down the Aviva Stadium loan. The dogs in the street said they had cash flow problems. If that is the case, did Sport Ireland, given its remit, ask if they had cash flow problems when it was being asked for the early drawdown of the funding?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It has been said that the dogs in the street knew there were cash flow problems. Sport Ireland had conversations with them. Was it aware there were cash flow problems?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Mr. Treacy mentioned in regard to the last audit in 2018 that for every €1 the State, through Sport Ireland, gives to the FAI, the FAI contributes approximately €4. How does that compare with the other organisations in the country? Is that a good commitment from the FAI?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: On the last audit, in regard to reasonable assurance Mr. Treacy mentioned he had one medium priority and two low priority items. Given one of the reasons we are here is the €100,000 loan that was given, is that a high, low or medium priority item? How would Mr. Treacy rate 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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Given the current format of governance and audit procedures, and given what has come out, if I walked out onto Kildare Street, walked across the street and got knocked down, I would be wrong because I did not look left or right, but it is not illegal to walk across the street. This €100,000 looks incorrect but is what happened illegal?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Obviously, the audits go through three-year cycles and 2019 is the FAI's turn. When is Sport Ireland proposing to go in and do the audit in 2019? Has it a date set?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Prior to the past couple of weeks, did Sport Ireland receive complaints from associates of the FAI about issues in the FAI?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: With regard to spending and getting good value for money, everybody waits to see what their allocation will be in the budget each year. For example, Sport Ireland would want to know what will be its pot of funding. When the likes of the FAI makes a submission for the coming year on grant aid funding, how far above or below the amount requested would it be allocated? Before the budget each...

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The FAI had a special allocation for women in sport. Why does that arise? Should the FAI not include that in its overall application? Why do they have to get separate extraordinary funding? Does the FAI not have its finger on the pulse regarding funding for women's soccer?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: May I ask something about that?

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I want to clear the air now. The last audit that Sport Ireland conducted was in 2018. It is on foot of the accounts that the FAI submitted to Sport Ireland that the audit team raised the issue of liquidity.

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: In other words, the FAI was not hiding 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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Yes.

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The FAI accounts were presented in such a way that Sport Ireland could see there was a problem.

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)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Correct.