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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