Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sports Capital Programme: Discussion
1:30 pm
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I accept that they engage in separate negotiations but from the point of view of the level of funding that is earmarked for the big three, is it right and proper that we should examine the situation? I put that question out there. The IRFU, the GAA and the FAI have the ability to generate huge resources from their gate sales and sponsorship that, to be fair, I do not think the respective sporting bodies before the committee today have. I accept Sport Ireland can only allocate the funds based on what it receives but given the scarce resources should we be looking at-----
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