Team Geared Up

The Future of Tiglin: Statement by the MCI.
28th Oct 2005

Further to the MCI statement of 25th Oct (copy below), the MCI wishes to advise its members that the directors of the Irish Adventure Sports Training Trust (IASTT) met with the Irish Sports Council (ISC) on Tues 25th Oct 2005. The ISC has decided to undertake a review of the operation of Tiglin before making a decision on future capital and operational funding (capital funding is primarily a matter for the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism). The ISC has asked Mr Jerry O’Dwyer, former senior civil servant and member of the ISC, to prepare a report on Tiglin in a timeframe of approximately four weeks. In the meantime the ISC, who provide circa 50% of Tiglin’s funding, have released the third quarter of the 2005 grant.

The staff of Tiglin has been kept informed of developments by their employers the IASTT. No decision has yet been made by the IASTT on the future of Tiglin and protective notice has not been issued to staff. It is important to emphasise to members of the MCI that the future of Tiglin is something that is not within the power of the MCI to decide.

Tiglin has occupied a pivotal role in the provision of mountain training but depending on the outcome of the ISC report and the possibility that Tiglin may not continue to operate as it has done up to now, the MCI believes that it may be timely to review its own policy and approach to training. To this end the MCI Executive will shortly invite all interested members to put forward their views and recommendations for consideration.