Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with that. I concur with the Minister of State's comments earlier that the GAA and GAA clubs have been incredible at hunting down every last available penny from the Department, particularly through sports capital grants. I notice a marked difference with soccer clubs. Credit must be given to the FAI for reaching out to clubs within counties, as I have seen, with Zoom calls and trying to offer support. Those local clubs definitely need a little more support and lift to get to where a lot of our GAA grounds are. I appreciate the Minister of State's work on this issue.

I concur with Deputy Cannon's idea of the sports capital grant being a model for the arts. I know from experience that access funding has been really useful in the past. The ability for more community-based groups to apply for funds and capital grants to improve facilities could go a long way with a lot of community organisations. In many cases, they do not even have a space. It certainly is an idea worth exploring.

I am gobsmacked by what Deputy Griffin said, as I am sure are the Minister and colleagues. I am assuming he is not incorrect in asserting that RTÉ stopped promoting and encouraging people to pay the television licence fee as the recent debacle unfolded, which has had a significant impact on licence revenues. That is an issue for another day but it is gobsmacking to hear it. I hope it is not quite as bad as what has been asserted.

Regarding the terrible riots at the weekend, the tech groups and social media platforms certainly were an enabler in gathering crowds in the city centre. They are enablers for gathering crowds like that in all parts of the country and doing so at a speed that can take An Garda Síochána and the people affected in those areas completely off guard. I heard snippets of the Minister's statement in the Dáil on this topic. She said she has had engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on it. Will she outline her personal reaction in observing the four-hour period in which calls to the public were put out on certain social media platforms encouraging people to go into the city centre? Has she had any engagement directly with any of those social media tech groups? I would also like to hear about her engagement with Coimisiún na Meán. The platforms certainly enabled what happened on Thursday.