John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

It is also the case that a deal was reached by the European tour with Sky. It is further the case that the designation did not meet with the criteria in accordance with the advice of the Attorney General so it was not possible to designate it. Even if it had been possible to designate, I must be honest and state we reached a deal with the European tour, in as much as we reach deals with other sporting organisations across the world in regard to the hosting of certain events in Ireland, in which certain understandings, written or oral, were reached. It is important those understandings are honoured. If it is the case that we stop honouring understandings, then I am afraid what will eventually happen is that people will not trust us to host major events.

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