Eoin Sheahan

Your take on the collective punishment, because from what we understand, it was a unilateral decision from Minister O'Donovan to pull the plug on these Astro projects.

Was the response from the Minister disproportionate this week?

Why didn't he consult with you before making the decision?

Is that policy at the Department of Sport, that the Minister himself has the keys...

to the car, essentially, on this, that he can make a unilateral decision and the Minister of State for sport, with a responsibility for sport, which is you, doesn't get consulted on the matter at all, never mind all the other stakeholders.

There's been some blowback to your words over the last 24 hours as well, Minister.

In the Irish Daily Mail, a source has said, has offered the question around yourself, Charlie McConnell, saying, whose side is he on here, the side of the gougers or the side of the taxpayers?

Bizarre is how your comments yesterday were described.

What's your response to that?

Is it not a bit mad that you weren't consulted before this unilateral decision was made to suspend funding and on top of that to be accused of supporting the gougers for saying that there shouldn't be collective punishment handed out?

Is that not strangely OTT communication?

Do you think it's a wider conversation that needs to happen?

Do you think it's an isolated incident last Friday?

I did want to ask you as well, Minister, while I have you, I mean, it's been a very busy week on the sports agenda, as you're well aware.

It was added to today by the news from Katie Taylor that she says she's going to retire after her fight in Dublin this year.

Hopefully it's in Dublin.

She wants it to be in Croke Park.

As you know, she also mentioned the Aviva Stadium in her comments today.

But ideally for her, her dream fight is Croke Park.

We've been through this before.