Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport

Non-Governing Bodies and Supports for Minority Sports: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Sinéad GibneySinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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I thank everyone for being here. I was keen to raise Ms O'Connor's suggestion around centralised legal services. It is helpful to hear that is something Sport Ireland might be open to. That opening statement mentioned - I know we are going to hear from the federation later - the issue around the Karshan ruling for the sports sector. Is that something Sport Ireland has done a legal analysis on yet? It is certainly something that could be looked at by such a central legal service. Is it something Sport Ireland has concerns about given that much of this sport is delivered through not-for-profit and volunteer-led organisations, as we are going to hear later on?