No, Minister: GAA dig in on grants
And, crucially, the Gaelic Players Association made it clear that they ‘respect’ Croke Park’s policy and that there is no question of looking to them to make up the ‘shortfall’ as suggested by Sports Minister Martin Cullen.
In December 2007, when the Central Council formally approved the scheme, the GAA noted that the Government accepted ‘full responsibility for scale and continuity’ of the grants. And, they pointed out at the time that the GPA ‘had formally agreed and accepted’ that the Association had no responsibility in providing any future funding for it.
