Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

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

Inclusion in Sport: Discussion

Mr. Fintan Drury:

Apropos of that point and reflecting what Ms Browne said in her concluding remarks, ultimately, the Minister of State who was lauded by the Senator five minutes ago, is in control of this to an extent, one would assume. It is about cash, but it is cash for communities. Sport has a huge impact in communities. Members, as public representatives, have a capacity to influence that money, or a portion of it, is used for the issue of inclusion using sport. There are probably three other "Cs" that could be retained. One is coherence. There needs to be coherence to what is being done by all of the sporting organisations. That needs to be about consistency of whatever is agreed across the board nationally at Government level about using sport to promote inclusivity. It is a commitment. We need commitment to do it. We need cash. We need coherence about how we are going to do it and consistency about how it is then done. That is how the culture element is then changed over time. That is what all of us are saying in different ways and with different emphases.

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