Mr. John Moloney:

Deputy Cahill asked me about on-course bookmakers. As recently as two weeks ago, the chairman and chief executive of HRI, myself, as chairman of the Association of Irish Racecourses, and that body's chief executive met at HRI with representatives of the bookmakers to discuss the very matter Deputy Cahill has raised. We are very concerned about the plight of on-course bookmakers and have started negotiations to try to help them because they are a very special part of Irish racing.