The Department of Communities has formed an expert advisory panel to make recommendations regarding a safe return to sport. The panel includes personnel with specialist expertise and best practice experience in the application of sports medicine, sports science and performance practice (coaching / managing / competing). The panel has identified ‘General Recommendations for Safety During Recreational Public Exercise’. This represents a useful reference summary of the most recently published material and includes particular recommendations for indoor sports to adopt when developing and applying protocols associated with a return to sporting activity.