Sports broadcasting fairness
Senator Crowe asked that all sporting organisations be contacted if a letter goes to the Minister, and the Leader said it was fair to argue that all sport should be enjoyed by everyone. A brief exchange followed, with the Leader and Senator Crowe agreeing that the GAA should not be singled out.
If the Leader is writing to the Minister I ask that all sporting organisations be written to as it is not fair the GAA would be singled out. The IRFU and the FAI also have commercial deals with Sky.
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Can we hear only from the Leader on the Order of Business?
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That is a good point. To be fair, it is not up to us to tell anybody what to do, but it would be instructive for us to say how much national sports and, indeed, all sports should be enjoyed by everybody.
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I agree with the Leader. The GAA is getting a raw deal. It is being singled out and held to standards that the IRFU and the FAI are not held to.