Anti-Doping Guidelines

Anti-Doping Policies and Procedures

The Irish Sports Council is committed to the challenge of combating doping in sport and promoting fair play through the implementation of the Irish Sport Anti-Doping Programme. As part of this programme, players and athletes across the full spectrum of sport in Ireland may be required to submit to drug testing both in and out of competition.

The Anti-Doping Committee of the Irish Sports Council has the following functions of assisting and advising the Irish Sports Council in relation to the performance of its functions under section 6 (1)(d) of the Irish Sports Council Act, including

(a) providing assistance and advice to the Council on policy formulation relating to the three strands of testing, education and research required under the terms of the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention, 1989 and

(b) providing assistance and advice to the Council’s staff on policy execution

The Irish Sports Council has designed and circulated an information leaflet that provides a brief description of the sample collection procedures, which confirm to the highest international standards.

Clean Sport Guide

The Clean Sport Guide is an education and information guide on sport without doping. It has been developed to provide assistance in systematically planning and developing education on sport without doping. The Guide was a result of suggestions for education that could be developed by all of the different member states of the Council of Europe, as well as other countries. This implicates that the package has to be of use for those countries that do not have extensive experience and/or financial resources, as well as those which do.

Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code 1st April 2000

This is not an exhaustive list of prohibited substances. Many substances that do not appear on this list are considered prohibited under the term “and related substances”.

All athletes are strongly advised only to take medicines which are prescribed by a medical doctor and to ensure that they contain only drugs that are not prohibited by the IOC Medical Commission or the responsible authorities.

Whenever an athlete is required to undergo a doping control all medications and drugs taken or administered in the previous seven days should be declared on the doping control official record.

Anti-Doping Convention

The main objective of the Convention is to promote harmonisation, at national and international level, of measures against doping.

• Ladies Gaelic Football Association Parental Consent form for Drug Testing should be completed by any underage players (under 18 years of age) playing on the Adult County Team
• Therapeutic Use Exemption Forms can be downloaded from the Irish Sports Council web site
• It is recommended to supply all members of the Adult County Team with an Information Wallet Cards.  The Wallet Cards are available for to order direct from the Irish Sports Council website.

A full version of the Anti Doping Rules and more information is available from the Irish Sports Council website.