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

Mr. Brian Molloy:

From a camogie perspective it is something that will have to be part of the discussions. It will be part of the focus to make sure about this. When we had initial conversations with people about it, 90% were in favour. However, that means there were 10% who had concerns. Some of those concerns were about getting lost within the larger association. Part of our job is to put the structures in place to make sure that camogie and ladies Gaelic football is not lost in this transition.

It is worth noting that it is not the case that the current GAA is simply going take over camogie and ladies Gaelic football. The current GAA will cease to exist. It will be restructured and there will be significant changes implemented in what is currently the GAA. We are using the existing corporate structures of the GAA to move to a new, singular, Gaelic games association. In this, camogie will play a central and very visible part. Overall, we are cognisant of that risk and we will make sure it does not happen.

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