7 DFómh 2014, 16:48
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children will continue its hearings on addressing the implications of concussion in sport at its meeting tomorrow Thursday, 9th October 2014 when it meets with a number of medical experts and representatives from sports organisations and interest groups.
The schedule for the meeting is:
Session A: 9.30 am
Dr Rod McLoughlin, IRFU Head of Medical Services, IRFU; Omar Hassanien, Chief Executive, Irish Rugby Union Players' Association (IRUPA); Dr Joe McKeever, Medical Advisor, Irish Amateur Boxing Association; Dr Mary Flannery, Irish Showjumping Team Doctor, Horse Sport Ireland; Dr Sean Moffat, Technical Advisor on Medical Matters, GAA; Ger Ryan, Chairman of the Medical Scientific and Welfare Committee, GAA; and
Session B: 11.30 am
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health; Dr Miriam Owens, Health and Wellbeing Programme, Department of Health; Dr Tony Gaynor, Curriculum and Assessment Policy Unit, Department of Education and Skills; Seanie McGrath, PE Inspectorate Unit, Department of Education and Skills.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: “Tomorrow we will resume our hearings on addressing the implications of concussion in sport, an issue which is causing growing concern in the sporting and medical worlds due to the increasing physicality and speed of sports at professional and amateur levels.
“Following on from our very productive and thought-provoking meeting last week, we will meet with medical experts, representatives from sports organisations and departmental officials to consider the issue in greater detail and get their perspectives on how to address the implications of concussion in sports.
“The aim of this meeting and our previous hearings is to prepare a report with recommendations for the future development of training, protocols and support systems for players. As a result, this will assist in preventing serious injury from concussion in sporting activities.”
This meeting will start in Committee Room 2, Leinster House at 9.30am tomorrow, Thursday, 9th October 2014.
Committee proceedings can be followed live here.
Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.
Media Enquiries to:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
Committee Membership:
Deputies: Jerry Buttimer (Chair), Catherine Byrne, Ciara Conway (Vice-Chair), Regina Doherty, Robert Dowds, Peter M Fitzpatrick, Seamus Healy, Billy Kelleher, Eamonn Maloney, Clare Daly, Sandra McLellan, Dan Neville, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Robert Troy
Senators: Colm Burke, John Crown, John Gilroy, Imelda Henry, Marc Mac Sharry and Jillian Van Turnhout