Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are various initiatives Sport Ireland does in terms of high performance, facilities at its campus and women in sport. All of that is important. We are saying clearly to the national governing bodies that if they do not have a minimum of 40% of either gender – let us face it; it is women basically – on the board, we will look at the funding. There will be significant funding cuts as of next year for national governing bodies that do not have 40% women on their board.

I was glad to meet representatives of the Irish Rugby Football Union, IRFU, this morning. It has publicly committed to meeting this target.