Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Integration of LGFA and Camogie Association with the GAA: Discussion

Mr. Tom Parsons:

There are 2,200 clubs, so you are talking about €200 million for the club scene as well. When we look at the intercounty game, we cannot forget about the return on investment. We need to find efficiencies. To go back to euro and cents, Mr. Burns noted that €75 million is reinvested. When we consolidate the return provincially and through counties, all the infrastructure that is generated is from the intercounty game. That is important to mention, although it is not to say that we do not need to find efficiencies. I have spoken to the county board chairman in Mayo and players. I asked them to compare 2015 with now and to say how much more is available. More is available but it is actually not an awful lot more. Ten years ago, in 2015, the figure was €20 million but there has been inflation over the last ten years. The hotel room we used to stay in before playing in Croke Park ten years ago cost €150 per night. It now costs €320 per night. The plate of food we used to get cost €9 per player but now costs €16 per player. We cannot forget that. Even if we had done nothing over the last ten years-----

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