Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Elimination of Abuse Towards Referees, Officials and Players in Sport: Discussion
Mr. Gerard Perry:
I would like to add to what Mr. Phillips said. In some respects, we have been guilty of our own success, given the growth of the game. Our over-35 leagues have increased exponentially. Those are the people we would have targeted to become referees in the past. They are now continuing to play. That is a problem for us. We have what we call an "associate referee", whereby people play and referee at the same time. We will have to look at exploiting that even further going forward. I know some of the other codes are already doing that. Our numbers need to grow and that is something we are actively considering.
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