We learned in the past hour that the FAI is once again refusing to come to an Oireachtas committee meeting. That organisation is responsible for the administration of football in the country. Many people and clubs rely upon it, and it may come to the State seeking a significant bailout. In that context, it is insulting to the many fans of football and to communities that the FAI will not come before the committee. People have legitimate questions and they want answers. What is happening is not good enough. Will the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, provide an update on his meeting with the FAI to the House? Will the Government join me in urging the FAI to attend tomorrow’s meeting or a meeting in public in the Oireachtas as soon as possible?

I share the Deputy’s disappointment. I would like to see the FAI appear before the Oireachtas joint committee to answer the questions that need to be answered and give the people of this country the answers they want to hear. The Minister and I, along with officials in our Department, met a delegation from the FAI last night and discussed a number of issues. According to the KOSI report, it is quite clear that the FAI is not fit to receive public funding at present but we are trying to find an alternative mechanism for channelling moneys to the front line in the context of youths football. We have already done that in respect of the international ladies' team. We are doing our best to try to support the players at every level, volunteers, the staff of the FAI and supporters, but there is a very long way to go for the FAI to get back to any degree of normality.