Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

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

Governance and Related Issues in Cycling Ireland: Discussion

Mr. Paul McDermott:

I attended the meeting in Roscommon on Sunday. The Senator's observation is valid and the Northern Ireland vote may have reflected that sense of frustration. A lot of speakers on the day had strongly held views which they expressed. They also need to remember that they are members of a company limited by guarantee. They have obligations to the well-being of the staff, clubs, boxers and so on. We will always engage with the IABA. We never said we would withdraw. Some of the issues there are very long-standing. We hope the IABA community which turned up in numbers, with 105 clubs represented on Sunday, will go back to the substance of the recommendations. There was not a lot of conversation about their substance. The governance review written by Brian MacNeice was independent and was commissioned by the IABA itself. It addresses how the clubs can engage better with the IABA, which is something we would support. There is a period of two months in which the IABA can come back to us. I will let Dr. May speak to that.

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