Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have one more question, with the Chair's permission. I thank Ms Moustafa for that feedback. It is so important. We need to stamp out racism. We are seeing the proliferation of racism being discussed, especially within soccer and football. It seems to be on the rise. To come back to Ms Moustafa's reference to education in her statement, we need to tackle it there first and foremost, inform and educate and, hopefully, we will see improvements in that.

I thank Ms Moustafa for the feedback.

My last question is for Mr. Walsh. I thank the witnesses for coming today. Does he feel we have enough gay role models within the sporting world who are willing to put their head above the parapet and be leaders? I could be wrong, but it appears to me there is a resistance to coming out in many elite sports. I think of the world of soccer and rugby. There must be far more gay men and women participating than would appear to be the case. Is there a resistance to coming out when people are involved in elite sports? Do we need a role model to lead the way and make people more comfortable in being who they are, whatever their sexual orientation?