Mr. Cormac Spain:

While it is case by case per club obviously, for our club we have access to seven pitches, two of which are primarily for camogie and ladies' football. Men cannot use them just because of the size. There are three or four pitches that the men use for hurling and football.

I only play hurling as I was not good enough for football and had to stop it. From my perspective as a male player, Ms Groarke, who is not an intercounty player, trains six times a week. The demands are still there for a club player. Looking from the perspective of retention of players, which is particularly at the forefront of a lot of people's minds in keeping young females in sport and making sure they continue with sport into adulthood, that is not really sustainable. However, if this is part of the integration and if we are all under one umbrella whereby clubs can perform as one unit, we will be able to hold on to players, particularly young female players, far more efficiently and successfully.