Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Inclusion in Sport: Discussion
Mr. Tom Ryan:
As people will know, we are currently engaged in discussions with the Camogie Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association to arrive at what we think will be a better combined common future for the three organisations that currently govern Gaelic sports. There is not a specific timeline set out as yet. That is one of the things that, to be fair, we are being asked for. We are conscious of that need. The plan is that in early 2024 we will publish both a high-level view of what we think a combined organisation can and might look like between the three and also a roadmap and timeline. It is fair to say the issue is complicated. There are many things that when dipping into the detail will bear an amount of scrutiny and take a while to resolve. However, I am reassured by the fact there is a huge amount of goodwill on the part of the three organisations to make it happen. It is one of those things that - I will not say in how many, but in whatever number of years - we will look back and say, “Why was it not always like that?”
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