Mr. Odhrán Doherty:

It is difficult to put a percentage on it, to be quite honest. We look at it from a sectoral point of view. All of the local sports partnerships have signed the charter. This is 100% from that sector. A total of 30 of the national sports governing bodies have also signed the charter. This is approximately 50% of those funded by Sport Ireland. This is the type of figure we look at. With regard to specific governing bodies, more than 50% of Basketball Ireland clubs have signed the charter. Approximately 33% of Gymnastics Ireland's clubs have signed it. It is very difficult to give an overall figure of the national picture as a whole but we can put particular figures on each of the sectors. Some are ahead of others. We have work to do on leisure and fitness. More than 900 clubs throughout the country have signed the charter. This is a very small percentage of the overall number of sports clubs in the country. If we look at national governing bodies specifically, some of them have high figures but others have lower figures.

It is an ongoing process. The work that we do to highlight the charter through our training and education and the access programme we are running is leading to this increase. It has increased very rapidly over the past 12 months. We foresee a continuation of this growth over the coming years. The challenge for us then is to resource the clubs. They have taken the initial step to sign the charter and they will then need support to implement the charter positively within the organisation. This is something we also need to consider as an organisation. It is also ongoing for us.