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

Ms Sarah Keane:

Yes, but to get it right it needs to be part of fundamental policy regardless of what politician or government is in power. It is in the policy from the Department that Sport Ireland is implementing on a regular basis. That is why the comply and explain piece, which happens around the world, is important. It is not a case of someone saying, "I'm on the journey but the journey takes 20 years and nothing ever really happens". It has to be more definitive in terms of targets. If there are 50 principles in the code and one is doing ten, is it ten per year? If so, one would have done 50 in five years. Or is one doing two per year? In that case, it would take 25 years to do it. That is why the detail of Sport Ireland's role is important.

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