Mr. Páraic Duffy:

We have a say in it but there are major start-up costs in making it happen. This will not be particularly profitable. To make the service available all over the world will be expensive but we have not yet fixed rates.

The Chairman asked whether we had to go with Sky. We offered the opportunity to tender to every conceivable broadcast unit in the United Kingdom, including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The BBC was only interested in teams involved in the Ulster championship and had no interest beyond that. We received no bids from ITV or Channel 4. The only broadcaster available to us, if we wanted to make the games available at home available to those in Britain, was Sky. We were grateful that Sky showed an interest because there were no other bids on the table. The BBC received the same tender documentation as Sky, as did ITV and Channel 4 but there was no interest.

I hope I addressed the Chairman's question about three years time in my opening statement. We are trying to achieve a balance. It was carefully stated in our opening remarks that, this time, we have achieved a balance, looking after the needs of the domestic audience at home, who will see 31 live championship games and 100 live games over the course of the year, and the audience abroad. We think we got the balance right but we will monitor it. We have no intention of putting all our games on a subscription channel. It is a matter of balance and we, along with the team in Croke Park, will work hard to achieve the balance. We believe we have achieved it.

With regard to the Chairman's final question, Sky is looking at a package for GAA clubs and, hopefully, progress will be made over the coming weeks.