John O'Mahony (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

So there is obviously another concert in the pipeline also.

Mr. Duffy made reference to Sky. We had a big discussion about this in the last committee. The witness said that there are so many games on free-to-air, and I agree with him. I was glad to see it was not increased. The previous time I believe it was more about promotion. Now it seems to be the finance side of it. In fairness, the money the GAA gets for those broadcasting rights such as those when Croke Park was opened up to rugby and soccer, was disseminated round the State. The GAA has centres of excellence and so on.

There are some anomalies there and I will be parochial for a minute. I believe that four of Mayo's championship games were exclusive on Sky last year - or it could be Kerry, I do not see that Dublin would be beaten this year. Mr. Duffy makes the point that the GAA wants people to go to games but certain people just cannot go to games. Deputy Troy pointed out there is no Sky Sports in the small rural pubs either because they cannot afford it. The issue was discussed previously that Sky would give special deals to clubhouses - I believe it was mentioned at this committee. Did anything ever become of that?