Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Minority Sports and Women's Participation in Sport: Discussion.

Mr. Jerome Pels:

Yes. We have to be aware that these were unique circumstances. It is important to the development of the game that we have a place where we can host games. We have some excellent hockey pitches in Ireland, one of the best being at the Sport Ireland Campus, but the campus does not have any permanent stands. It is possible for people to watch a game, but only by standing around the pitch because there is no seating area. To repeat that large attendance regularly, we would require a permanent seating facility. We do not want to argue for a massive facility that would only be used every five years and so on. We need to find a compromise in terms of the right size facility.

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