Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The IGB was hitting the people that depended on it - the meat and bone of the industry - by reducing the prize money by 50%. Should the IGB not have looked elsewhere to cut costs without affecting the prize money? I was in contact with people who depend on the prize money. One breeder who is a genuine man and who has been involved in the industry all his life has approximately 15 bitches and runs a few dogs. He was getting a few bob and was able to survive but in five or six years, that changed and he is now hardly able to keep going. I am only talking about one individual.