Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Key Priorities for Sport Ireland and Impact of Covid-19 on Sports Sector: Sport Ireland
Mr. John Treacy:
I will answer that. When will indoor sports resume? I do not know. That is the answer. They will resume when it is safe to do so. We will obviously follow Government guidelines, as all sporting organisations do. That was one of the conditions of the funding given out.
When will the restrictions be lifted? Clearly, for indoor sports we are looking at the majority of restrictions being lifted so people can play indoor sports together. That is a long way away, as I see it now. It will be a long road, unfortunately. That is the answer. Outdoor sports are obviously safer. That is why we are looking at outdoor sports. I do not believe we will be seeing indoor sports any time soon, until we have a vaccine at least and obviously people have to be able to resume indoor sports safety. That is really of paramount importance in all of this. When people go back into sport, they need to be able to do it safely. That is the bottom line.
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