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:
No, none of our evidence has brought it to our attention that Covid incidents have occurred within the grounds. We are of the view that there have been incidents of Covid within the GAA membership, which was highlighted very prominently in the media. Some clubs acted immediately with a shutdown which was probably a cautious and sometimes maybe over-cautious way of dealing with it but again everybody was suffering from a nervousness at the beginning of this pandemic. One would not criticise those decisions that were made at that time. We are confident that cases have been picked up within the GAA membership but no activity within our playing and training areas has caused an increase in the pandemic numbers.
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