Ms Ger McTavish:

I refer to some of the work we have done with the LGBT community and our ambassadors, as well as our research and working groups.

We have seen a culture change and a societal change regarding openness and we are starting to see that through sports. We are starting to see role models come through. We ran a Let's Get Visible campaign under the auspices of Sport Ireland two years ago and we have seen some role models come out through that. Some of the questions that have been asked relate to dressing rooms, macho culture and so on. It is up to the individual in professional sports because it is quite hard to be put out there in front of media and to be challenged about one's sexuality. At each stage, supports need to be put in place for those individuals.