Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding

9:30 am

Mr. Jonathan Hill:

It was reasonably quickly. There was a time lag in relation to one of the jumps. First, my initial negotiation in relation to the contract was framed by the association's approach and I guess the association was following MOU 35 when I was having my negotiation and I had been asked to join the association as CEO. The memorandum of understanding was not something I was aware of. Neither was I actually aware of the existence of Secretaries General. For me, that was something that was pertinent to the FAI. It might be better to ask the association about how it followed the progress of the agreed pay increases at that level.