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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)

Imelda Munster: He knew it would have exceeded condition No. 35.

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)

Imelda Munster: He knew that, as a result, it could well exceed condition No. 35 on the pay.

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)

Imelda Munster: Okay. We will take that as Mr. Barrett said it. Mr. Barrett knew that what he was doing was not the norm and he made a deliberate decision not to inform 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)

Imelda Munster: Why did he not inform the board? Why did he ask the question of his colleague in the December before that and never revert to her to say “Actually, we are going through this process.” Why would he not do 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)

Imelda Munster: Did Mr. Barrett think it was not in the interest of the board to know?

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)

Imelda Munster: Communicated by whom if not by Mr. Barrett himself, as the independent chair? Who would have communicated? What would be the procedure? Mr. Barrett decided to make a decision citing exceptional circumstances to make this payment and he took that decision himself. Following that, he then took a decision not to inform 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)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Barrett did not inform members of the board. Am I correct in saying that? He did not inform them?

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)

Imelda Munster: Why did Mr. Barrett not do so? Apart from the fact that he thought this was grand and there was no need to worry, why would he not relay that information to his colleagues? Why would he not say “Listen, in this case, there are exceptional circumstances. That is why I am doing this. That is why, in lieu of holidays, I am going to pay, so, as members of the board, to offer you...

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)

Imelda Munster: By whom?

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)

Imelda Munster: Did you ever hear such rubbish as “By the executives involved to the relevant committee”? Mr. Barrett is the independent chair. Why did he not do that? He made the decision.

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)

Imelda Munster: He did not tell anybody, nonetheless.

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)

Imelda Munster: When Mr. Barrett said “the executives”, was he saying that it was the finance officer or finance director at the time who first broached this matter with him?

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)

Imelda Munster: Who was that? Was it somebody on 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)

Imelda Munster: On 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)

Imelda Munster: Were they separate from the board altogether? They held no position.

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)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Barrett thought someone with no position on the board would go and tell the board, and that this exempted him, as independent chair, from telling 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)

Imelda Munster: I have a question for Ms Joyce. Was it Mr. Barrett who came to her first with the inquiry in December?

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)

Imelda Munster: So Mr. Barrett went to Ms Joyce with the initial query but he did not see fit, as a member of the remuneration committee, to go back and tell her that he was actually going along those lines, and that that is exactly what he was going to do. He went to her for the information first and she said it was not good practice and was bad practice. Is that why Mr. Barrett did not go back and tell...

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)

Imelda Munster: Why would Mr. Barrett go to her for the information and then not have the courtesy to go back to her and say “Actually, I am going to go ahead with that, whether you think it is good practice or not”?

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)

Imelda Munster: Was Mr. Barrett keeping it hidden?