Former CEO of the Football Association of Ireland John Delaney
FAI has told the Oireachtas Transport, Tourism and Sport Committee that it will provide a list of witnesses to appear before it this week by around 1pm today or shortly thereafter.
That’s according to the committee chairman Fergus O’Dowd.
Deadline was 12pm 👀
— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) April 8, 2019
It’s now 2pm and still no sign of this… https://t.co/tAGowAGiHW
— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) April 8, 2019
Anyone?
Related: FAI told to confirm if Delaney will appear before Oireachtas (Jennifer Bray, The Irish Times)
Previously: Kicking Off
‘The FAI Letter Did Not Sufficiently Explain The Circumstances Of This Loan’
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I have a feeling he won’t.
Or, he will and will use the old “there is an internal investigation into that and I wouldn’t like to compromise the outcome by commenting!”
If he refuses to appear then all public funding of fai should be halted until he (and the rest of his cronies on the board) are gone.
It is one of the quirks of life that the current President of the FAI has been a friend for almost four decades. He has been for a very long time one of those on muddy grounds in all weathers coaching and encouraging kids on his own time and on his own dollar. The ascent through the ranks of the Board does indeed operate a Buggins’ Turn approach in respect of elective positions. But it does not automatically follow that in every case, individuals who have risen have lacked merit. It pains me that Donal Conway should have his genuine commitment and work over decades pissed on by association with the Delaney jackass.
I don’t doubt what you have to say about your friend, but if he has been on the fai board while all this nonsense with delaney has been going on(and did nothing to prevent it) then he is just as culpable as any of them.
Truth be told, John Delaney should be irrelevant to the answers sought by the Oireachtas. The Board is responsible for the accounts which omitted any mention of a loan; the Board is responsible for the remuneration of the CEO including the €3k/mth rent. The Board can answer questions about their experience at corporate governance and why they don’t have more commercial nous. The Board can explain why they’ve been there for so long without rotation.
There’s so much wrong with international football but the Oireachtas sports committee is only concerned with the grants paid, which is a small (10%) part of the FAI’s operations (income).
Wasn’t Sport Ireland supposed to have given the FAI a deadline of today to properly explain the circs of the €100k loan and why it was omitted from the accounts?
Just to be clear
It was a “wash” within the Accounts
What’s missing is a detailed note disclosing that there was a short-term loan from an employee/ director to the Association within the reporting period, and confirmation from the external auditors that they have been satisfied to the explanations n’ what have ya
What is missing from the Accounts and required disclosures is the full payroll cost of their highest paid employee.
Deloittes Deloittes wherever you are!!!!
There is nothing PAC can get Delaney for
10 other Directors are equally responsible
And they along with everyone else can rightly point to Deloittes and say
We’re not accountants or auditors
Deloittes are one of the biggest firms in the world
They said t’was all grand – here’s their Unqualified Audit Report to prove it
We relied on their expertise and competence in these matters
It’s probably been said before and I’m very late to the game… but Delaney looks very like Jay Cartwright.