Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

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

Elimination of Abuse Directed Toward Referees, Officials, and Players in Sport: Discussion

Ms Mary O'Connor:

I am not an expert on the legal aspect of ticketing, but it is a valuable suggestion and that is what this meeting is about. It is about stimulating conversation. For many people in Irish sport, these are difficult conversations to have because sport is such a popular and emotive topic, and sometimes people try to excuse the abuse. We are trying to say abuse is inexcusable and take a zero-tolerance approach, and we want to find the best ways we can to eliminate it. We believe that, along with ticketing, there should be an overarching campaign for all the sporting bodies because in recent years in Ireland, different NGBs have run their own campaigns regarding abuse and so on. We believe an overarching campaign to bring together the entire sports sector would be a better use of people's expertise.

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