Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I always seem to get two minutes. I thank the Chair for her indulgence. I appreciate it. My first point is about independent radio. We have C103 in Cork and to be fair to everyone involved, the radio coverage is brilliant.

I would like to see all the organisations do more with minority sports because I think there is a market for them. The quality of the product put out by TG4 is unbelievable. "Laochra Gael" is probably the best show on television. I have only cúpla focal and I sit down to watch it. TG4 should be congratulated on what it manages to do with limited funding. I would love to see its funding increase. If it gets the money, it will provide a service.

In cases where RTÉ cannot facilitate showing as many matches as possible, I hope there might be an avenue for Virgin Media to show them. I will speak to RTÉ and GAAGO. I am a proud GAA man. People commented that there were one or two hurling matches. Hurling is a minority sport, whether people get it or not.

Hurling is our native game and I want to see it promoted to encourage people to play. I recently attended an under-12 hurling match. The two teams had 32 players between them. On the bank there was the soccer lad who runs the local soccer team and he had 54 players. That is where we are with hurling in working-class areas around the country. I would have every hurling match live on television. If you look at the quantity of hurling matches compared with football, especially high-profile matches, I would like to see more football and hurling games on television, but specifically hurling as our native game. Does Mr. McBennett have any figures on the numbers watching matches on GAAGO compared with the number watching on RTÉ or TG4?