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Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 21In page 12, to delete lines 20 and 21 and substitute the following: “(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of Part III of the Children Act 1997 that relate to a statement made in civil proceedings without oath by a child (within the meaning of that Part), nothing in this Act applies to a statement so made.”.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: No.

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The penalties are a very important part of the proposed legislation. The maximum sentence of seven years is actually taken from a recommendation of the Law Reform Commission and also in line with the legislation on perjury in Northern Ireland. The research and background work done on the section are related to it. We have also had numerous discussions with officials in the Department. The...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 22:In page 12, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“(2) The Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2018, this subsection and, in so far as they relate to the amendment to the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893, section 15(2) and Schedule 2 may be cited together as the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2019 and shall be...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 23: In page 18, to delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute the following: “ 22 & 23 Vict. c.17 Vexatious Indictments Act 1859 Section 1 Delete “Perjury,” where it first occurs, “Subornation of Perjury,” and “or (in the Case of an Indictment for Perjury) by the Direction of any Court,...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I move amendment No. 24: In page 20, to delete lines 17 to 29 and substitute the following: “ “No. 37 of 1938 Statutory Declarations Act 1938 Section 6 Substitute for section: “Penalty for false declaration 6. Every person who makes a statutory declaration which to his or her knowledge is false in any material respect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I apologise for interrupting, but does the committee have this information on the external chairperson?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: We have not been given this information. This is different from the statement submitted to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I want to focus a little on the past but primarily on the future and my questions are primarily for Sport Ireland, to Mr. Treacy and Mr. Mulvey; either can answer them. Is Sport Ireland satisfied that no other situations in any way similar to the FAI or the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, occurred in the past? The OCI was before this committee about 18 months ago or more. Is Sport Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Sport Ireland is satisfied that, with what is happening currently in the carrying out of audits and so on, we are not going to have any other issue like this, looking back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am asking if Sport Ireland is in a position to stand over the audits it does and has done on corporate governance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Sport Ireland can stand over those. Mr. Treacy mentioned that in the opening statement he made to us on 3 April.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: In relation to not just the FAI but other organisations that Sport Ireland has funded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is important, quite frankly, because that helps us with a level playing field on this. What has Sport Ireland learned in three to five key areas from this experience?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I accept that. Am I right to say that Sport Ireland only discovered this in relation to the FAI recently and in relation to the OCI after the ticketing scandal? In other words, the audits did not show these issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Does Mr. Treacy not think that the audit process and procedures should be changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Maybe I am misinterpreting this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: There are a lot of learnings Sport Ireland can take from this in order to strengthen its role to make it more or as relevant as it should be. It has a number of terms and conditions attached to grant approval. Section 4.3 talks about material deterioration. If it wishes, Sport Ireland can appoint external auditors. It can also monitor trends and issues development. It has compliance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Would Sport Ireland consider requesting them to obtain an independent certificate of corporate compliance, as happens in the case of an audit certificate, for example? It is something else that could be done, but it would be totally up to Sport Ireland. I remember asking the question two weeks ago as to whether there were red flags in the past. Sport Ireland stated there had been none in...