Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Inclusion in Sport: Discussion
Ms Aoife Rafferty:
For the FAI it is about education for the grassroots clubs and the League of Ireland clubs. As part of our football social responsibilities, FSR, strategy, we have FSR officers across our League of Ireland clubs and it is about education. We need the clubs to understand their responsibility to ensure their clubs are a safe environment for everyone. The same is true for our grassroots clubs. We have great programmes around Football for All and are very inclusive in terms of the disability element. We just need to ensure that is widened out to make sure it is safe for everyone. We really believe that education and training is paramount in order to ensure that when anyone goes to a game across Ireland, he or she feels safe while watching it or while on the pitch.
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