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05/06/2015
Call For Delaney To Appear Before Oireachtas Committee To Explain FIFA Payment
The Oireachtas Committee on Sports is being urged to request the attendance of FAI Chairman John Delaney to explain a €5m payment the FAI received from FIFA following the Thierry Henri handball controversy in 2010.
Mr Delaney claims the payment was part of an agreement to end any legal proceedings against FIFA for allowing the French victory to stand in light of evidence that the winning goal was scored due to a handball not being noticed by officials.
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Sports, Dessie Ellis TD, said: "It is hard to know how seriously FIFA would have taken any threat of legal action and so this payment is seen by some to be possibly part of the suspected corruption in the international football organisation which is currently being investigated by the FBI.
"It is in the best interests of the FAI and football as a whole that the Oireachtas Committee and Mr Delaney can meet for a frank discussion on this payment rather than allow rumors and doubt to grow over the actions of our national football association on the international stage."
(CD/JP)
Mr Delaney claims the payment was part of an agreement to end any legal proceedings against FIFA for allowing the French victory to stand in light of evidence that the winning goal was scored due to a handball not being noticed by officials.
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Sports, Dessie Ellis TD, said: "It is hard to know how seriously FIFA would have taken any threat of legal action and so this payment is seen by some to be possibly part of the suspected corruption in the international football organisation which is currently being investigated by the FBI.
"It is in the best interests of the FAI and football as a whole that the Oireachtas Committee and Mr Delaney can meet for a frank discussion on this payment rather than allow rumors and doubt to grow over the actions of our national football association on the international stage."
(CD/JP)
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