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- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024) Chris Andrews: ...invasion of Ukraine...". I do not see that replicated here when he is saying he is leaving it up to the sporting governing bodies to decide what they want to do, especially with today's match against Israel. Why the contrast in treatment between Russia and Israel? Israel has clearly committed atrocities and the Government has acknowledged that. I spoke with Jonathan Hill of the FAI and...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024) Thomas Byrne: ...new focus on sporting participation benefit as well, because we want to ensure we can get that out of it too. I do not agree there is a contrast between my approach to Russia and my approach to Israel. I have been outspoken on both, but all along I have said it is a matter for the national governing bodies to make those decisions, as well as the international ones. At the last...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024) Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State. He was saying we would end up not playing any sport in international competitions, but it is Israel that should not be allowed participate in any international sport. Irish Sport for Palestine has secured hundreds of signatures from elite sportspeople. The Dublin ladies made a magnificent gesture to call for a ceasefire. Sporting people get what is happening...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024) Thomas Byrne: ...to do that and wrong for us to tell our athletes not to take part in an international sporting competition. I do not think we can do it anyway. There is the UEFA Nations League. We will not meet Israel in that competition, but it is in that same competition today. I have not heard calls from the Deputy or anyone else for Ireland not to take part in the Nations League, so let us have...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024) Chris Andrews: We have called for Israel to be banned from international sport, so that would include that.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024) Thomas Byrne: .... Sometimes we have conversations with that organisation. However, we cannot get involved because we do not have a role in international sporting organisations. The Deputy's position is that Israel should not be part of this; that has been his position for a long time. However, that is not the same as saying that Irish teams should not be part of international competition. If he was...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024) Chris Andrews: It is actually competition against Israel.