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EMBATTLED chief of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) John Delaney faced calls yesterday to take a voluntary 50 per cent pay cut.
Parliamentary sport committee member Tom Fleming called for Delaney to halve his annual salary, reported to be €400,000, to bring the exorbitant wage in line with Ireland’s PM Enda Kenny.
Fleming told the Irish press: “He is getting twice as much as the Taoiseach of this country. It is unacceptable and it struck me that in itself is is within the parameters of the Fifa controversy.
“It is not just a matter for the FAI as his employers, but also for the state because of the millions of euros in grants given annually to the association by the taxpayer.”
The challenge follows the revelation from the beleaguered boss that the FAI accepted a €5 million (£3.7m) loan from Fifa to ward off potential legal action after the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup play-off knock-out, literally at the hands of Thierry Henry in 2009.
Members of the committee are expected to call today for Delaney to appear before them for questioning on the chain of events that led to the controversial loan.
“We certainly need more development into youth and sport, but it looks to me as if the FAI’s priorities are totally wrong,” Fleming fumed.
