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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: It is a huge barrier. It was great to get Euro 2028. I think Ireland is getting €6.2 million of the UEFA legacy fund. I presume that is just for the Twenty-six Counties and not for the island of Ireland?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: Will much of that €6.2 million legacy fund be for projects that relate to inclusion? Will they benefit from that €6.2 million? The figure of €6.2 million is not to be sniffed at, but it will not address the huge gap in funding that League of Ireland football and grassroots football need. The figure of €6.2 million, given the amount of money it will cost the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: On the GAA, the mission statement of the GAA states, “The GAA is a community based volunteer organisation promoting Gaelic games, culture and lifelong participation.” Age Action has been critical of a move towards cashless payments into matches. Two thirds of those aged over 65 rely on cash. Does that move away from cash payments contradict the mission statement? Does it...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: That is the point, is it not? People show up to the grounds. They do not always make it to the local Spar, if there is one close to them. Is it a huge ask to have that facility on the grounds, in terms of the logistics of organising it?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank Mr. Ryan. Age Action has said GAAGO is a barrier to older people participating and being involved in the GAA. There seems to be a sense that the GAA is becoming a little bit gentrified, moving towards becoming more corporate and putting up barriers to the participation of older people. Is GAAGO a barrier for older people?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: Sorry for interrupting. I am conscious of the time. Mr. Ryan referred to broadband. If the service is free to air, broadband is not an issue.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: Given the success of the women's international football team in the World Cup, is Sport Ireland looking at increasing the funding to facilities for grassroots football? Not only would that benefit FAI grassroots football but it would benefit all sports. In my own constituency in Ringsend, I can see that when facilities are improved, multiple sports benefit. Is that something Sport Ireland...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: The concern I have regarding the sports capital programme is that, as Senator Warfield was saying about the Dublin Devils FC, if the resources or the professionalism is not there within clubs, or a club does not own its own ground, it is at a big disadvantage. That may not be a matter for today but it is a gap in the sports capital programme and is something that needs to be addressed. ...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: They are very helpful.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: I refer to the issue around the young black gymnast.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: I have spoken to various people in the League of Ireland who have said the sports capital grant amounts are too small for their clubs to upgrade their facilities. We need a bigger large-scale infrastructural fund to develop stadiums. This is more an observation than a question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: The sports capital grant is not really the vehicle to improve and develop stadiums.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: That is the problem for League of Ireland clubs. The large-scale sport infrastructure fund itself is quite small.

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this really important motion, and the Minister for coming in and listening to the debate. This Government claims it is committed to stronger and safer communities and that it is committed to a strengthened and well-resourced Garda force. Yet, after decades of Fine Gael at the helm of the Department of Justice I see little or no evidence to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister for coming in. Senator Cassells asked her what constitutes radical reform. In that context of talking about "radical", has the Minister considered consequences for individual members of the leadership team in RTÉ? There does not appear to have been any consequences for the individual leadership in RTÉ over that whole debacle. In fact, only one person lost...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: There are still a lot of key people there who will continue to change the process, but will still head off into the sunset with a big pension at the end of it all.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: The current leadership, which was there during the debacle and controversy, is still there. In terms of future organisation, will the Minister put in place a mechanism where there are consequences? Will the Minister put in place consequences for individual RTÉ leadership if something like this were to happen again?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: I suppose it is particularly hard to watch leadership continue on as if nothing had happened other than changing their work practices and trying to change the culture in RTÉ. Nothing has happened to them and I hear back from people, as I am sure the Minister does, that it sticks in their craw.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister.