{"id":741,"date":"2019-04-10T18:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T17:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/committee-hugely-frustrated-by-fai-strategy-to-avoid-questions-catherine-murphy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:55:57","slug":"committee-hugely-frustrated-by-fai-strategy-to-avoid-questions-catherine-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/committee-hugely-frustrated-by-fai-strategy-to-avoid-questions-catherine-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee hugely frustrated by FAI strategy to avoid questions &#8211; Catherine Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Murphy TD has said it is hugely frustrating that the FAI approached today\u2019s hearing with a strategy to avoid questions rather than try to bring clarity to the key issues and concerns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"et-pullquote\"><p>\u201cSport Ireland can not have taken much comfort from the little information which I &amp; other Committee members did manage to elicit including the fact that only three members of the Board knew of the loan when it happened.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Catherine Murphy TD has said it is hugely frustrating that the FAI approached today\u2019s hearing with a strategy to avoid questions rather than try to bring clarity to the key issues and concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Murphy said the committee members were already under stringent orders to exercise caution regarding the kind of questioning that would or would not be allowed but that situation was exacerbated by the Executive Vice-President John Delaney issuing a statement at the commencemnt of the hearing this morning stating that he would absolutely not answer any questions regarding the issue of the \u20ac100k loan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSport Ireland can not have taken much comfort from the little information which I &amp; other Committee members did manage to elicit including the fact that only three members of the Board knew of the loan when it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny organisation in receipt of public funds must be prepared to answer relevant questions when they arise and if they refuse to do so there must be repercussions. 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