Packie Bonner has confirmed that the FAI will not rush into making a decision on the future of Stephen Kenny as Ireland manager.
Kenny and his side signed off an overall disappointing World Cup qualifying campaign with seven points from their last three games that included 3-0 away wins over Azerbaijan and Luxembourg and scoreless home draw with Portugal.
The upturn in the team's performances and results has sparked a clamour from many fans to extend Kenny's deal to cover the 2024 European Championships.
at present, the 50 year old's €550,000 per annum salary only extends to next July - four games into the six match Nations League group stage.
The association's 12 strong board meets on November 29 for its monthly summit with Kenny's contract part of the agenda.
With a stellar international and club career to his name plus his previous role as FAI technical director between 2003 and 2010, Bonner's input as one of the directors is seen as crucial as to how the process pans out.
While there is board support for an extension for Kenny to 2024, there is also a group of directors that sees merit in extending his deal to the end of next September to cover the entire Nations League campaign.
Then, a decision would be taken on the Euro 2024 qualifiers.
This option is gathering momentum and is now seen as very viable.
"That decision on Stephen will be made eventually and I think everybody knows that," said Bonner when asked about Kenny's contract situation.
"At the next board meeting we are going to have a review of the World Cup in its entirely.
"All of us will give your opinion on that and then Stephen's contract will be dealt with.
"We've all been encouraged, it's a progression, we've all been encouraged by what's happened.
"From my perspective, we're not here to deal with Stephen Kenny, that will be dealt with in due time," added Bonner who was speaking at the FAI's launch of the UEFA Grow report on the financial benefit of football to the country.
The data confirms that the game is worth a staggering €1.8bn annually to the nation in terms of benefits to people's health, the economy and a wide range of other aspects of society.
Meanwhile, Bonner is not interested in applying for his old job as technical director that has been recently advertised following Ruud Dokter's imminent exit from the role as high performance director.
"I'm on the board, I'm quite happy with what I'm doing at this moment in time and want to continue that role.
"The director of football will be a big position and an important position and whoever gets it will have a job to do going forward."
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