Mr. Gerard Perry:

I thank Senator Warfield. I echo what Mr. Slattery said. The issue of reporting is important. Some of the representatives of the other codes have already mentioned this. Training referees to make detailed reports is important. Both the society and the FAI regularly include that in our continuing professional development, but it needs to be improved.

I thank the Senator for acknowledging the respect campaign. There was a question on whether we are hampered by FIFA and UEFA in terms of the culture. In fact, the contrary is the case. As recently as last week, UEFA wanted to know about the issues involved in referee recruitment and how it could assist with that. As I said in the opening statement, FIFA is very keen to say that everybody has a responsibility in this regard in football. That applies to all codes.

Pre-Covid, the three main sports that are represented here were in contact. I echo the point that all sports have issues. Following this meeting, the FAI would be very much open to having a high-level joint campaign.