Ms Aideen Yourell:

We do not object to dogs racing around a track per se. We are concerned about what goes on behind the scenes. The practice of blooding greyhounds by using small animals shall continue and will never be stamped out. People believe that they must blood greyhounds in order to keep them keen for the track. The practice is well hidden. Perhaps the members of committee saw the very distressing Australian example that was shown in a "Prime Time" programme where people deliberately blooded their greyhounds. They strapped a little piglet to a mechanical lure to attract a dog and let the dog savage it. Such activities are quite normal for these people and, sadly, it is quite normal in this country. Greyhound racing is okay but how they are trained is the problem. I do not know how one can stamp out blooding with legislation because it cannot be enforced as it is done out of sight. What can be done?

Doping will continue because people keep discovering drugs that can beat the system. I know that the Irish Greyhound Board, IGB, has bought a big machine, which is supposed to be wonderful. How can technology keep up and tackle the problem of doping?