John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Obviously the match between Kilkenny and Tipperary will attract a full house. However, in other matches around the country there may be 10,000 or 15,000 empty seats. While the GAA might not go along with it, it would be worth exploring. If holidaymakers are staying in hotels in the area perhaps that could be linked to filling some of those extra 10,000 seats, benefiting hotels and guesthouses, benefiting the GAA, soccer or whatever it is by getting more bums on seats. Has that been explored in any way?

There is great potential that I often see at local level. For instance Croke Park has increased its visitor numbers with the museum and the skyline tour, but it is not on the hop-on hop-off bus tours. When one's back is to the wall, there is a lot that could be done. Have any of those things been explored?