The FAI and Sport Ireland have published the Governance Review Group report on the football body this morning.
The report was commissioned by both bodies in the wake of the corporate issues which have affected the smooth running of the Association in recent times.
The make up of the new board and council is a key component of the report and the review recommended some of the current board members keeping their positions.
The chair of the governance review group Aidan Horan says there's been evidence of a breakdown in trust, confidence and faith in the FAI - and this report is aimed at restoring that.
There are 78 recommendations in total aimed at putting a pathway in place for better governance at football's governing body.
They include a third of the board being made up of women.
While all funding agreements above €10,000 will have to be approved by the board.
The report says all external funding should have to be monitored.
And it recommends putting an interim board in place while the current issues facing the FAI are sorted out.
Earlier this week, the chairman of the Schoolboys Football Association of Ireland (SFAI) John Earley resigned from the FAI board.
It emerged in April that only two of the 10 other board members were made aware by then chief executive John Delaney of a €100,000 loan he gave to his employers in 2017 to alleviate cash flow problems.
Sports minister Shane Ross, through Sport Ireland, established a governance committee to reform the structures of the FAI - a minimum requirement for state funding to be restored. This report, which was delivered to the board last Thursday was finalised today.
Earley was the fourth director to quit the FAI board since March. Delaney was the first to go, briefly sidestepping into the newly-created role of executive vice-president when the crisis over his personal finances deepened.
Read the full report here.
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