Mr. Colin Regan:

I suppose we are mindful of it. Thankfully, we have not had any notable incidents. However, anybody who uses a gym now in Ireland will see that nearly everybody is walking round with some kind of container with a shake of some form or other in it.

Our concern is that, at intercounty level, our players are working with dietitians and are exposed to the best possible supplements that have the appropriate contents. When these lads go back to their clubs after a year of conditioning with a dietitian, they are physically transformed and sometimes their clubmates say, "Wow, I need to do whatever he is doing." However, they access the supplements online, which is completely unregulated. It could be coming in from any part of the world and could contain anything. We are concerned about an awareness that anything that one sources should be sourced through an approved dietitian and used with the proper supervision.

We have national guidelines that no juvenile should use any supplement whatsoever. At that age of their development and the level of sport and training that they should be exposed to, a proper balanced healthy diet is more than enough to provide them with all their nutritional needs.