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Statement by transport ministers
The Ministers have made it clear, within the last week, that there is no room for the use of illegal performance enhancing substances in sport.
The opening week of Rio2016 has been unsettling and frustrating for Team Ireland which is disappointing.
Doping is always wrong. Recently, the Ministers, along with 19 other Sport Ministers, called upon sports organisations to comply fully with their obligations in line with the World Anti-Doping Code; to proactively promote initiatives and measures to protect the integrity of sport, the credibility of WADA and clean athletes. Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan met with several Ministers in Rio last week on the matter, we intend to collaborate further in the Autumn on this hugely important matter.