Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 18 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland
Mr. Mark Scanlon:
The FAI's medical director, Dr. Alan Byrne, has sent the committee a submission, which all members will have, on the effects people have felt, on both a physical and mental level, during this pandemic. The research has shown that it has had significant effects. We are in the process of setting up a sub-committee in conjunction with the HSE and the women's national league, which will be a pilot project for us in terms of mental health. We are inviting players, coaches, club representatives and the HSE to come together to start a pilot project. We hope to roll that out in 2021 to the SSE Airtricity league, as well as our underage national leagues and then spread it out to grassroots level. That is an exciting new initiative that we are in the middle of developing.
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