Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Noel Quinn:
A total of 82% of every commercial €1 earned is repurposed back into grassroots. Therefore, any threat to our commercial earning power is obviously taken seriously. Piracy is the evident answer to that question, such as dodgy boxes and the infringement of our copyright. Anyone who is ripping off official copyright footage is essentially dipping their hand into the GAA's pocket and reducing its ability to repurpose profits into capital infrastructure projects in Drogheda, into balls, bibs and cones in Leitrim, or into 3G pitches in County Cork. The challenge is piracy.
As well as that, the challenge is to continue to churn out quality programming and to invest in the best commentators, analysts and production companies in Ireland. I mentioned the 70 people we currently employ. The challenge is maintaining that high bar we set ourselves in the years to come.
As a starter, for us to end year 1 with the volume and the additionality of games GAA+ has offered has been well received from our members. It has been appreciated that games that would not have ordinarily been shown are being shown. That has been positive.
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