Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I fully agree that the one-club model is the future when it comes to the Gaelic games family. We saw certain incidents during the summer around certain teams not being able to use facilities or stadia. That is at the inter-county level but certainly the one-club model is the future. There should be no difference or distinction within any family. There will be much greater participation and growth in the sport. I support that. Many people in the grassroots Gaelic games family also support that. We are seeing positive conversations happening within Gaelic games at a grassroots level. The three organisations - the GAA and the camogie and ladies' football associations - will need to collaborate on this concept at a leadership level. I certainly support it and would like to see it progressed. It will do an awful lot to end some of the difficulties and incidences we have seen. Significant co-operation is happening at local level when it comes to Gaelic games. In fairness, the sporting organisations are co-operating across a lot of participation areas.

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