Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion
Ms Helen O'Rourke:
Ms McNulty has covered the fact that we are engaged with the GAA in its strategic plan for the coming years.
On streaming, we covered all of our games last year. Much of that was due to the fact that we received additional funding. In respect of this year, we have plans for the coming league season and what is to be done, which will be announced shortly.
In relation to some of the queries that we receive in respect of the centres of excellence, in many counties there is fantastic access. Of course, there is a cost. For facilities like that, none of us expects to get something for nothing. We expect to contribute towards that. In relation to that, all of the centres for excellent would have got capital grants. In areas where the female players do not have that access, there is an onus on Government, that has awarded the capital grants, to follow up on the applications for female access to ensure that the access is there. Overall, there is good co-operation in most of the centres of excellence.
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