Dr. Una May:

I reiterate the Department's view. There is unanimous agreement that what occurred was wrong and should never have arisen. We cannot say what the intent behind it was, but regardless of intent, it is important we take into consideration the hurt felt by the family and the individual concerned. It is very important that proper procedures are in place, and we followed up with Gymnastics Ireland in a similar way to the Ministers and received the same advice. I will not repeat the actions to be taken by Gymnastics Ireland.

From Sport Ireland's point of view, we have our diversity and inclusion policy, which, as I have made reference to, is a representative group. Sport Against Racism Ireland is a member of the advisory group and part of the group supporting us with the implementation of this policy. We have an action plan supporting that policy. Included in that action plan is detailed support for building capacity in the sector, including training and education. We have agreed to fast-track that training now. Within Sport Ireland we have already held our first round of internal staff training on anti-racism and unconscious bias. We will fast-track it and my colleague Ms McHugh will be able to give some details of the actions in the diversity and inclusion policy and our plans around training and education campaigns and awareness.