Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 18 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland
Mr. Gary Owens:
Next week's game will be quite important. I was on a UEFA conference call on Wednesday and learned that it is still expecting fans to attend games next June. We obviously have to work here with local government, the expert medical group and NPHET. We will have to feed in the information. That is why next week is quite important in terms of the pilot test for 20,000 spectators. This is being done with eye on the UEFA Euro championships next year. As matters stand, we still expect to hold matches here with fans in attendance. We have a challenge in trying to convince everybody that this should happen.