Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Does Professor Wall feel this is more of a racing activity than the horse sport activities that Horse Sport Ireland traditionally covers? There is always a blur. Everything in life is a continuum and very few things are discrete or have a clear boundary. Would I be right in thinking that if there was a boundary, Professor Wall would think harness racing fell more on the racing side of it?

Until somebody decides otherwise at a higher level - i.e., the Oireachtas - is HSI willing to give harness racing a home? Am I right in understanding that if we were to leave this sport with HSI to develop, it would require a lot of money to do so in terms of facilities? One thing is certain: a show jumping arena is not much good for harness racing. I understand that HSI does not own any facilities and so on. How would Professor Wall see that working? Would we have to change the whole way in which we operate towards Horse Sport Ireland and give it money for facilities?