Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 18 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland

Mr. John Treacy:

We are trying to keep our business going in terms of the job that we do. We have a large body of work to roll out with the €70 million. We have not let go of any of the staff of Sport Ireland and it is not our intention to do so because the body of work has increased. As was stated earlier, every call from an NGB is answered, and on the same day. That is the level of contact that we have with the sector.

All of our business continues. We have to plan for Tokyo in terms of our high performance programmes and high performance team. Our anti-doping remains operational, as is our child protection and ethics work. Our participation work has never been more important. We need to continue to encourage and to have in place programmes that keep people active. This work needs to continue. We found out during the lockdown that it was more important than ever. We got many programmes out through social media at that time. Our local sports partnerships, which we also fund, did that work. The workload has increased this year, even though most of our staff are working remotely and there is only a few of us on campus. That work has continued. It is not our intention to slim down the organisation at this time. As I said, the workload has increased.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.