Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

With all due respect, is the Minister a pimp? Is he trying to keep kids healthy by allowing a body under his remit to prostitute itself in providing equipment for them? That is what is happening. The reality is that the Irish Sports Council is endorsing Super Valu, a commercial company with commercial interests, by allowing its logo to be used in Super Valu's advertisements. Is that an immoral practice, if not a corrupt one? Is it right that a body under the remit of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism is endorsing a company? Is the Minister saying he endorses Super Valu because it gives a person a GAA ball worth €18 if he or she spends €4,000 in its shops?

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