Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

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

Inclusion in Sport: Discussion

Dr. Una May:

We do not record exactly what every NGB is doing but we have a broad range of programmes and initiatives run by a broad range of governing bodies. We have water sports inclusion games every year, which is all the water sports NGBs coming together to provide opportunities for people with disabilities or from disadvantaged communities. We have surfing programmes. Motorsport Ireland runs an annual event for people with vision impairments in Mondello Park in a safe, enclosed environment. We have multiple programmes, particularly through the local sports partnerships, whose role is broad around inclusion. They reach the key groups we wish to target. They host multisport inclusion summer camps and activity camps. The sports campus hosts multisport inclusive summer camps, for example. We reach a broad range. It would be difficult to identify a sport that has not some example of strong and inclusive programmes. We have chair volleyball. There are multiple opportunities out there.

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