Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Fine. I just wanted to clarify that.

Questions about attendance were asked. I will ask my last question, the answer to which the witnesses must know from their own knowledge. It was said the average attendance in 2014 was 371 per meet and 387 in 2015. This year, to date, what is the average attendance at the meets being held? It was said 30,000 a year are being lost in Dublin. Obviously, there is racing going on. How many venues are still having racing? There are people in this room and people watching with an intimate knowledge of the industry; there are other people who do not have that level of knowledge. I put my question from the point of view of the layman. How many tracks are still operating this year?

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