Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Exactly. It is about inspiring future generations and that brings me back to Mr. Ryan. Many children around the country did not see that outstanding pass by David Clifford into Tony Brosnan for Kerry's second goal against Tyrone. It was one of the most incredible pieces of skill I have ever seen on the field of play, yet many children did not see it. I have been asked by a councillor in County Kerry to clarify this. Could Mr. Ryan give us the viewership figures for Kerry versus Tyrone in 2021, which was an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final shown on free-to-air, and Kerry versus Tyrone in 2023, which was an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final shown on GAAGO?

As a Kerryman, we are the reigning All-Ireland senior football champions, and we have, in David Clifford, arguably the most inspirational player of all time, yet Kerry have been on the television once out of six matches in this year's championship. That was against Clare in the Munster Senior Football Championship final. It was not a very memorable game. It was quite one-sided, and not a great game. The Tyrone game was on GAAGO. We had games against Tipperary, Cork and Mayo that were not shown, and Louth was not shown on television at all. Surely there needs to be a review of this with regard to having county quotas, but particularly where one is talking about the reigning All-Ireland senior football champions?

I know a man in Kerry who is 89 years of age. His health has failed in the last number of years and he cannot go to games anymore. He never missed an all-Ireland final that Kerry was in from the time he was 18 up until he was around 80 and yet he has only seen Kerry on the television in the championship once this year. Surely that needs to be examined in terms of county quotas and the number of times teams are shown.