Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will turn to media coverage, from a positive point of view. Ms O'Connor earlier gave us the startling statistic that in 2018, 3% of the coverage of sport in Ireland dealt with women's sport. That is pathetic. We are going to see a lot of positive coverage this weekend because six of the eight nominees for sports person of the year are women from multiple sports. That will be covered. Those athletes have broken down the barriers and got the coverage for themselves. The media is not giving them that coverage. Can Sport Ireland and the federation capitalise on that? Do our guests have media plans in place to ensure proactivity, to keep pressing that forward and reinforcing that positive message not just for young girls but for young people in general across Ireland?