Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 18 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland

Mr. John Horan:

Yes, particularly considering we are all on the same island. We made a very clear statement at the beginning of this problem that while we were across two jurisdictions, we did not feel we wanted to leave one behind the other. In that context, the Ulster council has regulated a figure of 400 for attendance at matches. That has proved very positive within the councils in the Six Counties and there is a feeling that they have acted in a very responsible and trusting manner. If that responsibility was given to us at this stage down here in the 26 Counties, we would carry it out and it would give us that opportunity also to increase the numbers that attend. While there was a limit of 400 put on venues in the North, it is actually acceptable up there that those numbers could be greater. We try to keep the two organisations North and South together on that within our one organisation. If they stretched it out even further it would cause greater frustration within the 26 Counties. If we had willingness on the part of the authorities for us to make those decisions, we could be well trusted to carry it out and we would be responsible enough to carry that responsibility.

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