The Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Sport and Media has decided to hold two meetings on the future of sports broadcasting, in the aftermath of the row over GAAGO.
The first meeting will involve sporting organisations which include the GAA, FAI, Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Federation of Irish Sport.
A separate meeting will be held with the broadcasters of sporting events: RTÉ, TG4, Virgin Media and Sky.
There has been criticism of the broadcasting of some high-profile matches from the Munster Hurling Championship in particular on the pay-per-view GAAGO platform, a joint venture between the GAA and RTÉ.
On Sunday evening, RTÉ Sport pundit and former Cork hurler Donal Óg Cusack said the GAA was failing in its task of promoting the game of hurling.
Following that, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said the broadcasting of senior inter-county hurling matches on pay-per-view television should be reviewed.
He said he believes all GAA games should be shown free-to-air.
The Tánaiste also said a significant audience missed the game because it was only available live on GAAGO.
His comments were echoed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, who also called for a review of the streaming of big GAA games on GAAGO.
Yesterday, RTÉ group head of sport Declan McBennett rejected any suggestion that the national broadcaster received exclusive access to GAA matches via the GAAGO platform after Sky Sports decided not to bid for games this season.
In a statement released yesterday evening, Virgin Media said it was not approached by the GAA when Sky Sports' broadcasting deal ended with the GAA last autumn.
In the GAA's five-year broadcast rights deal, announced last October, RTÉ retained 31 live championship matches, while streaming service GAAGO was granted rights to 38 games: 22 football championship games, nine from the hurling championship and seven Tailteann Cup games.
The GAA has subsequently said the organisation did contact Virgin Media Television seeking an expression of interest in acquiring broadcast right packages for games, but the broadcaster made it clear they were focusing on 'ready to go' rights.
When asked about Virgin's statement on yesterday RTÉ's Six One programme, McBennett said: "Did we get exclusive access? No. The allocation of rights is a matter for the GAA, as it is with UEFA, as it is with the IOC, as it is with the Six Nations, any organisation.
"It's up to the GAA as to how they allocate their rights and that's the way it should be.
"With regard to what GAAGO paid, they did pay, and they paid a significant amount, however by the very nature of these things you would understand that's a commercially sensitive arrangement."
McBennett also rejected any suggestion that RTÉ and GAA were selecting high-profile Munster hurling championship games to drive subscriptions to the GAAGO platform.
Tánaiste dismisses call to dock TV licence
Responding to reports that Mayo Fine Gael TD Alan Dillion suggested the €160 TV licence fee should be docked by €50 in response to the controversy, Tánaiste Micheál Martin said a €50 reduction in the TV licence would be "tantamount" to an ending of public service broadcasting in Ireland.
Such a move is not on the cards, he said.
Micheál Martin said "there has been much debate over the last number of years around the adequacy of
the licence rather than a reduction of the licence".
Mr Martin also said he has been "a consistent believer in public service broadcasting and the principle of it, particularly in a world where democracy is under increasing threat."
