GAA Congress has supported the imposition of heavier penalties on team officials who commit acts of indiscipline.
Any team official charged with physical interference with an opposing team official or player will now receive a 12-week suspension instead of an eight-week ban.
A suspension received by a team official for an indiscretion at an underage match will be doubled, Congress has agreed.
Match suspensions as part of time suspensions were also approved. Team officials will now sit out at least one match sitting even if it falls outside the time suspension period.
Furthermore, team officials will no longer be able to manage, communicate, direct or assist with the preparation of a team at any stage during the period of a suspension.
Elsewhere, minor grade competitions in gaelic games will remain at U17 level following 67.7% approval from Congress delegates.
Wexford's Motion 10 calling for the relaxing of the prohibition on senior players competing at U20 level passed with 82% support.
The motion proposed that the existing prohibition on senior players togging out at U20 level be restricted to a seven-day window.
A sideline ball will now be retaken if a score was prevented due to a player interfering with the goalposts. The proposal was endorsed by 96.6% of delegates.
Motion 58 concerned hurling throw-ins. 89.5% of delegates decided that only the four players contesting the throw-in can be inside the two 45-metre lines.
And should the Kerry hurlers win the 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup, then next year’s Munster championship will have six teams.
11 teams will compete across the two provincial championships, five in one, six in the other. Munster counties will compete in Munster, while the rest will enter Leinster.
GAA Congress 2023 opened last night with Jarlath Burns being elected as the 41st GAA President on the first count.
The motion facilitating the entry of the Galway minor hurlers into a provincial championship was also endorsed by the delegates. The Tribesmen are expected to compete in the Leinster championship.
