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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I will open the floor to members. The first speaker is from Fine Gael. Is Deputy Durkan taking five or ten minutes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: The next speaker is Deputy Paul McAuliffe. Is the Deputy taking five or ten minutes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Murnane O'Connor will take the other ten later.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Sure.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: A couple of speakers are left. I will depart slightly from the running order if that is agreeable. I propose to take Deputy Daly for five minutes, then Deputies O'Dowd and Murnane O'Connor for ten each and Deputy Andrews for five, as Deputy Daly is going to Kerry. Is there any objection?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Okay. My question is can I take Deputy Daly slightly out of turn because he has to get to Kerry.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: The Deputy will have to ask him what awaits in Kerry, I do not know.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Daly. The next speaker is Deputy O'Dowd, who has ten minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I call Deputy Devlin.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I want to finish up quite soon but I have a couple of questions before doing so. The first is for Mr. Browne. He talked about 80% of all revenues being generated by the men's national team and that money is used to fund everything down the line including provincial teams and clubs. Are all of the provinces suffering equally in a financial sense?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: In short, each of the provinces is equally viable or unviable at the moment. Is that correct?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Which ones?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I mean no disrespect when I say that where I come from we are hugely proud of rugby players who have worn the Munster jersey and the Irish jersey but the GAA is part of life. It defines community throughout rural Ireland. The closed games have been very difficult. What impact has that had on communities and the spirt of communities, with old men not being able to see their children or...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Old men and old women, I am sorry. I am not being sexist about it.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am loth to ask a financial question after that but the game has become more professional. When I say professional, I do not mean that people are being paid but rather that the costs have grown hugely for county boards in producing a team that can go out and compete. It is not just 15 fellas coming together on a Sunday morning any more. We are dealing with top athletes and large backroom...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I will put a very brief question to the FAI. I am reminded of the idea that the good that men do is often interred with their bones while the evil lives on. There has been a lot of talk about failings from the FAI. One of the strengths of the previous regime in the FAI was the camps and funding for grassroots clubs. What cost-cutting measures are expected as a result of the drop in...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank all the witnesses for answering the committee's questions. I propose that we suspend until 1.15 p.m.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I apologise to our witnesses for the slight delay but I thank them for bearing with us. From committee room 2, I welcome Mr. John Treacy, CEO and Mr. Paul McDermott, director of national governing bodies, NGBs, and high performance, both from Sport Ireland. On video link from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in Kerry, I welcome Mr. John Kelly, acting assistant secretary...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I ask Mr. Kelly to conclude.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I invite Mr. Treacy to make his opening statement. He has been hanging around for some time to address us and I thank him for doing so.