Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport

9:00 am

Photo of Kevin O'KeeffeKevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to last week's meeting of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Trump syndrome, where people do not get the answers they want to hear. I commend Mr. Galvin and Mr. Treacy and their other colleagues here today on their interesting deliberations. As one can see, it all boils down to money again.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has already put down the gauntlet that come 2020 he wants the issues with governance and gender quotas to be resolved. I asked the question of those here today and they have addressed it in some small way. Complications will arise. Where comprehension of the gender balance issue is concerned, there are organisations which are female dominated and vice versa, as in organisations which are male dominated. The question that arises is whether this can be introduced in time to resolve the gender balance issue.

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