Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Una May:
We have invested quite a lot of funds in that and there has been significant interest. We have a massively oversubscribed training programme for women to encourage them to get involved in commentary and to promote that. We are tackling these issues gradually but there have been some significant historical issues in the promotion of women's sport and the participation of women not just in the activity itself but in all positions such as that of an official, a referee and an administrator, as well as high-level leadership positions. We have a women in sport policy that targets four key areas, namely, leadership, coaching and officiating, participation, and the visibility pillar, which is what we are focused on today.
On the whole, we are very positive about the trajectory around visibility of women's sport, but we have a way to go. We are not deluding ourselves.
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