Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

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

Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion

Mr. Liam McGroarty:

Football is pushing the agenda but there is no commitment to any sport. A social outcomes contract is for all sports. It is not only for Ireland, it is global. We work with UNESCO. From a UEFA perspective, we feel a bit of a responsibility to all sports because we have the wherewithal to work on this. I have shared this with the GAA, rugby and Sport Ireland. They all have access to the model. The intention of a social outcomes contract is to effect a social outcome. Whatever sport does it, be it athletics, basketball or boxing, is perfectly fine. It does not matter which sport does it. The investors will want the best sport to achieve the best outcome because they want to get their money back. It is more about the social outcome than the sport. The right answer in one part of the country might be football. It might be cricket in another. It will depend very much on the outcome. It is definitely not football specific.

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