Martin Ferris (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Over the weekend, John Horan and Tom Ryan, the GAA president and director general, announced a 33% increase for match tickets for Allianz national football league divisions 1 and 2, Allianz national hurling league divisions 1A and 1B, as well as an increase for all-Ireland semi-final and final matches.

This will cause much hardship for people, as the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, well knows. I am concerned how this will affect old age pensioners. They will experience a hike of almost €5 a week for attending these matches which will take away the €5 given to them in the last budget. What does the Government intend to do about it? Does it intend to make representations to the GAA to ensure that the games would be affordable for people?

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