Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank all of our witnesses for their testimony and for the great work they do. I ask them to forgive me as I will need to leave shortly. The reason I am looking at the screen is because I am meant to be speaking in the Seanad on the hate crime and hate speech legislation. This relates to the question I want to ask. The witnesses may be aware that the committee produced a report on abuse of those involved in sport, including players, referees and officials. Much of the abuse was homophobic and racist in nature. We made a number of recommendations. I am open to any of the witnesses speaking about how prevalent they feel this is in sport. What actions do they think might be appropriate to stamp it out?