The proposal to play adult competition, a player must be at least 17 at club level and 18 at inter-county was passed. This takes effect in 2016.
Below is a list of the main motions and the outcome of the debates. (Motions need a weighted, two-thirds majority 67 per cent to be successful unless stated).
1, 2, 12, 20 and 65: To facilitate the introduction of the black card into hurling. Defeated 29-71.
3: To address anomaly whereby yellow cards carry over into extra time but red cards donât in that dismissed players can be replaced. Passed 75-25.
4: Extending duration of inter-county under-21 matches to 35 minutes. Failed to achieve two-thirds majority, 56-44.
5: Providing for mandatory extra time in all senior matches, up to and including All-Ireland finals. Defeated, 12-88.
6: Amending hurling rules to make the sliotar bigger and heavier. Defeated 9-91.
8-11: Expanding the circumstances in which referees may consult with other officials and specifying that the ball must be in play for a foul to attract a free. The first two provisions concerning consultation were accepted 82-18 but the second two about frees lost 43-57.
13: Allowing temporary replacement for a player suffering from suspected concussion to facilitate examination. Referred back for further consideration.
14: Stipulating that a goalkeeper must kick the ball if it hand-passed to him. Defeated 36-64.
15-17: Various restrictions on the hand-pass. None of these was successful.
19: To reduce the number of steps by a hurler in possession of the ball from four to three. Defeated 32-68.
21: To allow for only one defender (the goalkeeper) on the goal line for the taking of penalties in hurling. Passed 84-16.
22: To introduce the five-second advantage rule, already applied in football, into hurling. Passed 92-8.
23: To allow for a player sent off on a second yellow card in hurling to be replaced. Defeated 31-69.
24: To introduce promotion and relegation between the Christy Ring Cup and MacCarthy Cup. Passed 76-34.
27: To abolish the introduction of the clock/hooter, an idea already passed twice by Congress but never implemented. Passed 83-17.
29: Providing that all senior inter-county teams publish a 26-man panel on the Thursday morning before a match. Passed 52-48 as itâs a new rule and not a change to an existing rule.
50: To play adult competition, a player must be at least 17 at club level and 18 at inter-county. To play under-21 a player must be at least 16 at club level and 18 at inter-county. Voted in two parts, passed 69-31 and 86-14.
51: Restricting minor county panelists from playing with adult clubs until the inter-county season is over. Successful 69-31.
52: Abolish the All-Ireland quarter-finals in the minor football championship. Attracted majority support but not the necessary majority, 57-43.
54: Giving post-primary schools first pick for both matches and training on any players, who have been selected for minor or under-21 county panels, until school involvement is over. Defeated 56-44.
58: Empowering Central Council to authorise use of all county grounds for other games. Defeated 38-62
63: Permitting each provincial council to organise its championship formats as it wishes. Failed to achieve the two-thirds majority, 61-39.
Report Seán Moran, Irish Times
