David Clarke impressed for Ballina Stephenites in their Mayo GAA Senior Club Football Championship final against Westport in MacHale Park, Castlebar. Pic: Sportsfile
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Delegates pictured during Mayo GAA's convention at the Castlecourt Hotel in Westport
MAYO GAA have issued a statement regarding a so-called ‘legacy issue’ concerning Cúl Camp wages.
A sum of €119,778 was included under ‘PAYE and related charges’ in the notes the Mayo GAA’s financial statements in the Mayo GAA treasurer’s report for 2023.
Speaking at Mayo GAA’s convention in the Castlecourt Hotel in Westport today (Sunday), Mayo GAA’s treasurer Valerie Murphy described the matter as ‘a live case’ involving the Revenue Commissioners.
Given the ‘extremely sensitive’ nature of the issue, Murphy said she would not be discussing the matter in detail with delegates.
Her statement was made in response to a report in the Irish Independent regarding the 2023 figure concerning ‘PAYE and related charges’. In 2022, the county board paid just €7,078 in ‘PAYE and related charges’.
In the financial year up to September 30 last, Mayo GAA’s accounts said they had 24 employees, 15 of whom were Cúl Camp coaches.
The audit and financial statements accompanying the 2023 treasurer’s report found that Mayo GAA was tax compliant.
“We are currently dealing with a legacy issue in relation to the payment primarily of Cúl Camps wages from a number of years ago,” Murphy told the Mayo GAA convention.
“The board has made a voluntary disclosure to the Revenue, and that makes up part of the PAYE and related charges reflected in the financial statements.”
The Charlestown woman added that she would ‘disclose to the delegates the outcome of the case once it has been settled with the Revenue and to further explain the details surrounding the issue’.
The only delegate to contribute on the matter, Garrymore’s John Farragher, asked why details concerning Mayo GAA’s financial state were reported in the Irish Independent.
Murphy said she did not know why this was the case and could only comment what she knew.
“We did not speak to any of the media because we had to speak to our club delegates first,” she added.
Farragher replied: “That’s fair enough, but we have a habit of washing our dirty linen in public. It’s just something we have to be careful of.”
There will be further coverage of the Mayo GAA convention in Tuesday's Mayo News.
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