Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

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

Integration of LGFA and Camogie Association with the GAA: Discussion

Photo of Malcolm ByrneMalcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What is the witnesses' ask of the State? Obviously, there is the issue of funding. Our committee wants to support this process as does Government. Where do you see the State being able to assist? There are specific funding asks but I am also thinking of what our committee can recommend to the Minister and Government. The visibility question is also critical in the area of sport and everywhere else - women on walls. I am very conscious that there is a lot more of an effort now in the GAA museum. This is about the presentation of women within the new association and what might be done.

Mr. Molloy might comment on nomenclature. I am sometimes asked what camogie is and I often say it is women's hurling. Are we going to move to just talking about hurling in the same way as we talk about football? I appreciate those are three slightly different questions.

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