Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry, but the pressure before that was on Basketball Ireland. There has been pressure for months. There were protests up there in Tallaght for months before this happened. The pressure should not be on that body. I guarantee the Deputy we will have the same pressure with the next fixture that happens in a different sport which is coming up very soon. I can say with certainty that because people were calling for the Eurovision to be boycotted, I can only imagine there will be calls for the Olympics to be boycotted and I am not supporting that. It is wrong to do that and wrong for us to tell our athletes not to take part in an international sporting competition. I do not think we can do it anyway. There is the UEFA Nations League. We will not meet Israel in that competition, but it is in that same competition today. I have not heard calls from the Deputy or anyone else for Ireland not to take part in the Nations League, so let us have consistency about this. The consistent position I have had-----