Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 18 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland
Mr. John Horan:
The Deputy is right. We accept that any activity done in the GAA's name should be done in a safe manner and should put no one and no one's extended family at risk. When activity returned to our facilities, we were conscious that it be done slowly and carefully. That initial caution has stood the test of time, given that no known cases of Covid have occurred in our facilities or from partaking in our games. The pandemic has to be beaten and, while sport is important, it must be done in a safe manner.