Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to first state that I am a director of a track. I wish to comment on the provisions for the establishment, layout and construction of a track. The layout of a track has become an important issue and we have had a number of cases. Controls are mentioned later. However, we cannot stand over the layout of the track. People cannot say that different people had uncontrolled access to different areas of the track. This provision, definitely for provincial tracks, needs more scrutiny. If we are going to tighten up the regulations afterwards, as I am sure this Bill will do, one must first start with the layout of a track. We must also have controlled access to a track. If we do not then one cannot stand over the other regulations that the Department is trying to implement. Reference to the layout of the track has not been marked in yellow in the submission. The layout will be extremely important when we try to implement the regulations later.