Ms Sarah O'Shea:

I wish to respond to Senator Mooney’s comment about glamorous events with the alcohol industry and sport. It is not a question of glamour for sport; it is a question of funding. The three big sporting organisations, namely, the GAA, the FAI and the IRFU made it clear that if a ban on this category of sponsorship is introduced it would have a significant knock-on effect for many social programmes that are run for sports. It is not about glamour; it is about funding for sport. It is an important differentiation to make.