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Minister of State for Sport Charlie McConalogue confirmed that a new chairperson will be appointed to the Steering Group on Integration (SGI) on October 5th, citing the stepping down of the previous chair as a setback and emphasizing the need for a clear pathway to continue integration efforts in Gaelic games. Sport Ireland will support the process.
A new chairperson is to be appointed to the Steering Group on Integration on October 5th. Minister of State for Sport Charlie McConalogue told RTÉ’s Prime Time programme on Wednesday night that a replacement for“It is really important a new chairperson is appointed on October 5th,” said McConalogue, “and we would expect coming out of the October 5thGAA president says equal funding for intercounty teams a concern of integration process“They will have to appoint a new chair.
We were very clear today in terms of offering the support of Sport Ireland to help facilitate that process in anyway we can. ” He said McAleese’s decision to step down “was a real setback”, adding: “It’s really important now to actually put in place a clear pathway that this is going to be achieved in the best possible time frame.
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