Mr. Páraic Duffy:

Perhaps I might make one final point. Deputies Pat Deering, Noel Harrington and Helen McEntee have strong associations with the GAA and all of them expressed a fear that it is important to understand. In 2010 we said we would always keep our games on terrestrial channels. We could not deal with things on this occasion in the way we did in 2010 because Ireland is different. There are far more people abroad than ever before. The Gaelic games family abroad is far bigger than ever before. We could not ignore them, which is reason we chose to do it in the way we did. The key issue is that we have to have a balance in protecting the interests of our domestic audience and meeting the needs of the Irish abroad. I do not think anything that has been said today could seriously question the fact that we have looked after both groups. There will 100 games shown live at home; 45 will be shown free to air in Australia; and there will be 20 big games carried on Sky Sports in Britain.

I will make one final point about Sky Sports because in many ways today has been about why we empowered Sky Sports. Sky Sports' production values are the highest of any organisation in the world and I believe it will bring much to the presentation of our games, which is good for everybody. Deputy Pat Deering made a point about bringing our games to the world. Sky Sports will help us do this and its standards will reflect well on our association.