Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms McTavish. I want to turn to the issue of participation by those who identify as LGBT+. A number of sports people and sporting groups have come before the committee to talk about a lot of the grassroots work, which is very positive. From the FAI to the GAA and IRFU, an enormous about of positive work has been done, in particular at grassroots level. I will quote from the GAA's submission on inclusion in sport which is interesting. It states: "Much still needs to be done (almost exclusively on the male side of the Gaelic Games family) to remove the barriers that prevent members of the LGBTQ+ community from openly living that element of their identity in the GAA". My question is for the FAI, GAA and IRFU. Why are there not more professional or inter-county level male players who identify as gay?