FAI director of football John Martin has said he always acted in the best interest of Shamrock Rovers amid a FIFA review into agent agreements surrounding a player at the club.
It was confirmed earlier this year that a complaint was made by the mother of Hoops teenage striker Michael Noonan to the English FA regarding agent agreements.
Rovers then announced that they are working with FIFA to review two agreements.
The review process will establish if any FIFA rules were breached.
A statement from the club in February read: "We would like to clarify that the club is not the subject of investigation from any of the FA, FAI or FIFA.
"The club is, however, working with FIFA to review two agency agreements. The process with FIFA is ongoing and the FAI has been notified.
"The club's relationship with the player and his family has always been and continues to be extremely strong."
Martin, who was Shamrock Rovers CEO during the time that the agreements were made and has since joined the FAI, has stated he is happy with his tenure at Tallaght Stadium and is keen to see the review process completed.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport's Tony O'Donoghue at an FAI media event today, Martin said: "I'm really comfortable with everything I did in Rovers.
"I have a fantastic relationship with lots of influential people in Rovers. Everything I did there was always through the lens of what I felt was in the best interests of the football club. Every decision. I'm really comfortable with that.
"Everything I did was, honest, fair and transparent from my perspective. If I go back to my time in Rovers I had hundreds of agreements, answered thousands of e-mails, I did a huge amount of work there.
"I'd say I gave my life for that job, and anyone who was close to me, will tell you that. I gave everything I had. Every drop of energy, every hour of the day, I gave it to that job.
"I’m proud of everything I did there. In every decision, I thought it was in the best interest of football club. I never strayed away from that and that's my position."
Martin is keen to get answers whilst feeling somewhat in the dark for now, telling reporters: "I know Rovers have referred it to FIFA and they're looking for clarity on that. I understand nothing has come back from FIFA yet on it.
"I suppose when something does come back maybe there's something to discuss at that stage.
"Of course you look back and say maybe I might have done this different or that different across a range of different things in the club. I go back to my old corporate days.
"There are things, you go back and say, 'God yeah, I'd probably do that slightly differently’. I think without getting into specifics of any agreements, there's always things you would probably do a little bit differently for sure."
Asked whether he felt there was an error made in the work around the agreement, Martin said he is unsure.
"I don't know. I suppose it probably depends what comes back [from the review process]. I know Rovers have referred it. It's not something that's come my way in this position to determine. I suppose it's to maybe not pre-empt what might come back on that."
The FAI have given their backing to their director of football during the process.
Chief executive David Courell told RTÉ previously: "I can only judge John on how he has carried himself in the role as director of football when he joined us in September and became an employee of the association.
"I think he's been fantastic for all the reasons why we appointed him, his leadership skills, his understanding of the landscape, his stakeholder management skills, his vision for the game. He’s been really strong.
"I've obviously, as you would expect, had conversations with John on this topic, and I'm satisfied that John operated in good faith, and we are supportive of John in his position as director of football."
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