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

One of the issues raised by the players was the fact that these reviews have not been published. The commitment by the IRFU to publish them is welcome. It shows that the input from Sport Ireland and the Minister of State to help mediate between the players and the IRFU is essential. I ask that he and the Minister continue the good work and continue to support the players and any sort of mediation or resolution.

We spoke earlier about the importance of funding women's sports. However, there is also a level of institutional respect and organisation that needs to go behind that. There is a lot the Minister of State's office can do to drive positive changes here. It is one of the many things we need to do to improve our culture of respect and bring about the sea change we have all been talking about in this House.

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