Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if amateur boxing is included in any of the required free-to-air agreements regarding sports events with RTÉ. [10855/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Amateur boxing is included in the Summer Olympics which is designated as an event of major importance to society to be made available for broadcasting on a free to air basis.

The events currently designated by Order (S.I. 99/2003 since 2003) are as follows:

Live:

- The Summer Olympics

- The All-Ireland Senior Inter-County Football & Hurling Finals

- Ireland’s home and away qualifying games in the European Football Championship and the FIFA World Cup Tournaments

- Ireland’s games in the European Football Championship Finals Tournament and the FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament

- Ireland’s games in the Rugby World Cup Finals Tournament

- The Irish Grand National and the Irish Derby

- The Nations Cup at the Dublin Horse Show

Deferred:

- Ireland’s games in the Six Nations Rugby Football Championship.