Denis Landy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is not an internal matter. This is the national broadcaster and GAA is our national sport. It is our number-one sport. After the year we have had in hurling and football, it is unacceptable that RTE, as our national broadcaster, would refuse to tell the people of Ireland the results of county finals across the country. I was also told that it would be impossible to carry 64 results in a single broadcast. The head of sport in RTE told me that in an e-mail, but there are not 64 GAA matches on in any given day. I want the Leader to address this issue because it is very important for those people who follow our national sport. There is too much foreign sport being carried by RTE. We can hear about tennis from Flushing Meadows or about golfers going off with new women in Spain but we cannot hear who won the county final in Tipperary.