The FAI have been requested by the Oireachtas committee on Tourism, Sport and Media to furnish meeting minutes from their remuneration and audit summits since 2020.
Committee members were left with unanswered questions following last Wednesday’s often bruising three-hour exchange with the FAI hierarchy over issues related primarily to governance.
Accused of presenting a 'cock-and-bull story' around Jonathan Hill’s €12,000 overpayment for untaken holidays, the chief executive and other officials can expect another grilling from the Public Accounts Committee on February 1.
In the meantime, a festive email has landed in Hill’s inbox from Leinster House, seeking five different elements.
Three of these were sought ahead of last week’s hearing – funding requests by clubs and affiliates for Sports Capital Grants, including 2023, governance reforms down to district levels and the proposed review of section 35 in the Memorandum of Understanding.
The final component derives from Hill’s pay.
Fresh information provided on the day detailed how the CEO’s basic pay had rocketed by €47,000 to €258,000 over his three-year tenure, a 22% rise out of kilter with the modest increases afforded to the majority of the 240 staff.
It also connects to the two other sets of new documents asked for. They are minutes from all meetings of the FAI’s executive performance and remuneration committee (EPRC).
Liz Joyce, the committee chairperson and HR expert, revealed under questioning that she advised then chairman, Roy Barrett against granting the request to convert Hill’s excess holidays into cash.
She, along with the other board members, were kept in the dark for 10 months about Barrett's approval of the unorthodox measure until the breach of
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