Gender balance quota rule may prompt GAA management change

Sports bodies have been informed that at least 40% of their governing boards must be female by the end of 2023.

Although the current integration process between the GAA, Ladies Gaelic Football (LGFA) and Camogie Associations headed up by former President of Ireland Mary McAleese is considered a major step in the right direction, it remains to be seen if that work will allow the GAA more time to reconfigure its governance structure. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

A reconstituting of the GAA’s management committee may have to take place to comply with gender representation quotas and ensure future state funding.

Sports bodies have been informed by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media that at least 40% of their governing boards must be female by the end of this year. Otherwise, they will put their Government funding in jeopardy.