i) Increased number of new referees

ii) Uniform system of recruitment, training and assessment of referees

iii) Clear line of authority in relation to the interpretation and application of the playing rules

iv) A specialist referees' committee in each country

Action Taken:

Appointment of National Referee Tutors: Tony Jordan, Tom Fitzpatrick, Aidan Shiels (all Dublin); Jim Joe Landers (Waterford); Weeshie Fogarty (Kerry); Tom O'Doherty (Galway); Tommy Moran (Leitrim); John Gough (Antrim); John McGlinchey (Derry).

Two county referee tutors have been chosen from each of the 32 counties and are now being trained.

In February, March and April of next year, courses will be organised in 32 counties for new referees and referees' assessors.

A range of materials - five manuals, overhead transparencies and promotional posters - have been prepared.

National Referees' Committee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath, chairman); Sean O Laoire (Croke Park, secretary); Gene Beirne (Roscommon); Michael Greenan (Cavan); Pierce Freeney (Kildare), Paddy Cronin (Cork); Dan McCartan (Down); Fr Seamus Gardiner (Tipperary); John Fay (Longford); Tom Cunningham (Galway).