Mr. Jimmy D'Arcy:

The GAA traditionally would have been very competitive. You can even see it in our structures with knockouts and the best 15. In the past 20 years, we have adopted some best practice around player development pathways. In a general sense, that has led to more adapted games for younger age groups and for different stages of development, which has massively increased our participation at those age grades.

We are looking at the challenge that the Deputy referred to and at the EDI strategy that Ms Keane is leading out on to provide a framework to move forward. How a lot of things come to the mainstream in the GAA is when a club addresses a challenge it has and develops a solution. What the central council tries to do is shine a spotlight on that and show it to other units in the context of a way forward. That works very successfully for us through the framework of our healthy club programme. Generally, many of our facilities are quite dated. We have many facilities because of the structure of the organisation in every parish and county. An investment in upgrading those facilities to make them more accessible presents a significant challenge for us. It will be a primary barrier and solution to bringing more people into full integration.