Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We had the Harold’s Cross stadium people outside the Dáil protesting yesterday about the greyhound industry. We have discussed the possible sale of Harold’s Cross stadium to defray the rather extravagant expenditure on Limerick stadium which is now €19.5 million in debt. A going concern and a profitable operation, which is Harold’s Cross stadium, must be sold for one that is a loss-making operation. Next week, we have the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Can we ensure that item will be on the agenda? The Indecon report on the greyhound industry made a number of recommendations but it appears that the only one the Department seems to be acting on is the sale of Harold’s Cross, a profitable and really the working man’s and working woman’s stadium in Dublin as distinct from the Shelbourne Park stadium which is very much the high end of the greyhound racing industry.