Mary Ann O'Brien (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending. We had this conversation last week and Deputies Ferris and Ó Cuív will really have to come on the road with me. I do not know where the words "snob" and "elitist" come from. I do not know any lads doing harness racing but I know people doing showjumping, eventing and horse racing with thoroughbreds. Deputy Penrose talked about the ordinary man but I have a lot of ordinary friends who have just sold their horses at the sales and have enough money to keep going in rural Ireland until next year.