Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If the IHRA got access to the tote licence, it would be very interesting to see how the sport progressed.

I thank the witnesses for coming in and giving us a thorough briefing of where harness racing is at. The main issue is the tote licence. As Senator Daly said, we will write to the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, indicating our unanimous support for the granting of the licence to the IHRA, and the outlining the reasons. The secretariat will draw up that correspondence and we will send the IHRA a copy.

We will now suspend the meeting to allow the witnesses to exit and the witnesses for the next session to take their seats.