Sport is a living expression of Irish culture, community, and identity. The state has an active duty to ensure that every person in Ireland, regardless of means or location, has genuine access to sport and physical activity. Public sporting facilities shall be maintained and developed in every community. No community shall be without the means to play.
The Gaelic games and other indigenous Irish sports are a constitutional treasure. Their amateur ethos — the principle that sport is played for love of the game and love of the community, not for commercial profit — is a value this constitution protects. No policy of the state or any public body shall be designed to commercialise, privatise, or undermine the community-based character of indigenous Irish sport.
The state shall support Irish participation in international sport as an expression of national identity and pride. No sporting body receiving public funding shall discriminate in membership, participation, or opportunity on any basis other than the relevant sporting criteria.