Physical Education
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-13
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Thomas Byrne (FF), Meath East

There are a range of sports. If we are serious about getting people to participate in sport, every single sport has to be used to encourage participation and get those numbers up to 60% of the adult population participating in sport. Golf is very much part of that. From what I saw in Youghal, and from what Deputy O'Connor discussed with me regarding the local golf club, we can have a situation where golf is accessible to children and young people in school. In my view, it can be very much part of the leaving certificate PE programme, which has been one of the outstanding successes of the Department of Education over the past number of years.

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