Last October, the Government approved a draft list of sports events for designation as events of major importance under section 2(1) of the Broadcasting (Major Events Television Coverage) Act 1999. I am pleased to learn that the Minister has wasted no time and this week has laid the list in front of both Houses of the Oireachtas, as required. The list includes: the summer Olympic Games; in Gaelic games, the All-Ireland senior inter-county hurling and football finals; in soccer, Ireland's home and away qualifying games in the European football championships and the FIFA World Cup tournament and its games in the finals phase of both; in rugby, Ireland's games in the Rugby World Cup finals tournaments; in horse racing, the Irish Grand National and the Irish Derby; and, in equestrian events, the Nations Cup at the Dublin Horse Show.