Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association
12:30 pm
Mr. Páraic Duffy:
I respect the Deputy's bona fidesas a club chairman and the views of all members, regardless of whether they are part of the GAA. I assure the Deputy that we fully respect the views of our membership and both Mr. O'Neill and I pride ourselves on being close to the ground. We are both club members.
This is not a pay-per-view service. Sky is a subscription channel, which it is important to remember. In the debate in the past few weeks one may sometimes have got the impression that nobody in Ireland had access to Sky. There are 1.1 million households in Ireland with access to its services; therefore, it is not as if no one will see the games.
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