Michéal Martin says all GAA games should be free to air.
The Tánaiste's comments come following criticism of GAA GO, the GAA's pay per view platform, which showed Cork's thrilling draw with Tipperary on Saturday.
Three of the 5 Munster hurling championship games so far this year have been on the platform, with Age Action criticising the move saying that it creates an "invisible barrier" for elderly supporters
GAA GO is to broadcast 38 games this year, costing €79 for the year, or €12 per game.
Speaking yesterday, Mr Martin said it was his view that GAA games should be free to air.
"I think they should. That's my personal view, that I've had for a long, long time.
"It's the game of hurling that has lost most, because hurling at its best is quite simply a classic, and irrespective of anyone's preference for any one particular code of sport, everyone loves to watch a great game of hurling.
"We've had two classics now in terms of the Clare-Limerick game, and the Cork-Tipp game. It just seems that a significant audience did not get access to that, and didn't see hurling at its best.
"Anyone who was at Páirc uí Chaoimh, as I was on Saturday night, it was just one of those occasions - sun drenched, a beautiful new stadium, and a great game of hurling between Cork and Tipp.
"Certainly our senior citizens need to be able to watch these games, and certainly hurling would benefit. If we want to continue to brand hurling as one of the great iconic indentifiers of Ireland, and one of the great games played at a very high level in terms of the execution of the hurling, we want more people to see it.
"I think it's something that should be reviewed, for the benefit of hurling itself."
It was agreed at yesterday's Cork County Council meeting that a letter would be sent to the GAA's central council, RTE and the Minister for Sport Catherine Martin to express disappointment that the Cork vs Tipperary game wasn't on free to air TV.
The GAA meanwhile says it needs to charge to watch games to pay for the redevelopment of stadiums around the country.
GAA Director of Communications Alan Milton says it's not as simple as just making them free.
"I think it's a more nuanced conversation than that, to be honest with you.
"The GAA is currently in conversations around redeveloping Casement Park, Newbridge, and Waterford and Dundalk, and I think we have to be real about this.
"We're an amateur organisation, we're a volunteer led organisation, we have bills to pay like anyone else.
"If we want to finance and push the GAA forward in the months and years ahead we quite simply have to generate revenue.
"One of the ways we do that is first of all through attendances, which is the most important part, but secondly then is for people who are willing to watch the games at home who perhaps can't travel or it's just too far.
"I'm not quite sure how the GAA would function if all our games were free to air, because there simply aren't enough entities on the island who are willing to take our games and broadcast them free to air to audiences."
