Certain gaelic football and hurling matches being available to watch exclusively behind a paywall on GAAGO is harming the popularity of both sports, according to Minister of State Jack Chambers.
Mr Chambers, who was previously Minister of State for Sport, also called on the GAA to re-examine its decision to not broadcast matches on terrestrial television.
It follows widespread criticism of the GAA for putting a much-anticipated championship hurling match between Limerick and Cork on the online platform, which charges users a fee to watch games.
"The GAA do need to re-examine this, and I think it's having a major impact in terms of sport and the wider public interest," the minister said on RTÉ's The Week In Politics.
"But also for the GAA itself, I think they're losing spectators," he added.
"They're losing interest from people that would otherwise love to see these games and they should be using every opportunity for people to see the Cork/Limerick game yesterday."
Certain GAA matches behind paywall 'harming popularity'
Certain gaelic football and hurling matches being available to watch exclusively behind a paywall on GAAGO is harming the popularity of both sports, according to Minister of State Jack Chambers.
