Two former Irish champion rowers are expected to give evidence to a private session of the Oireachtas sport committee about the culture in Irish rowing.
As The Sunday Independent reports, rowing athletes Monika Dukarska and Sanita Puspure will give private evidence in Leinster House.
The committee is investigating complaints about safeguarding policies and how Irish rowing has been run in recent years.
The committee hearings will also involve Sport Ireland in a public session at a later date, the newspaper says.
The hearings were sought by a number of politicians following reports last year by Sunday Independent journalist Paul Kimmage into Rowing Ireland’s high-performance culture.
Both Dukarska and Puspure will give evidence in a private session on Wednesday, the newspaper says.
Most Oireachtas committees hear evidence in public, but have allowed witnesses to give evidence in a private session when it involves matters of a sensitive nature.
The Oireachtas sport committee is chaired by Labour TD Alan Kelly.
In a private session last year, Fine Gael senator and former RTÉ sports presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn asked the committee to hold a session with Sport Ireland in relation to high-performance athlete welfare and safeguarding in general.
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