Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 July 2026

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

Boxing Ireland's Organisational Structure and Governance, Corporate and Sporting Policies: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Clare McAuley:

There are development opportunities in terms of running different types of programmes, and it does not have to be non-contact. This is the social side of boxing we are referring to.

Sometimes, the boxing community is quite focused on high performance, but as the Deputy can tell from Mr. Donnelly today, we recognise the social impact it can have across all types of communities. That is not to say we cannot run other styles of development programmes around that as well. It is something we will look at.