Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There has been much talk in recent days about needing a new culture of respect. Treating women's sport equally is one of the many things we can do to contribute in that regard. Some 62 current and former Irish women rugby players wrote to the Minister of State seeking support to make meaningful changes at all levels of the women's game in Ireland, from the grassroots to green shirts. What is being done to support these women in their ambition to make the game of Irish women's rugby a world-beater?

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