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

In 2015 the Irish Greyhound Board received €13.6 million from this fund, an increase of €2.85 million from 2014.

However, the board reduced the prize money by €800,000 instead of increasing it. Why was that? It got more money but the witnesses will only come back and tell me the same story again, that it was caused by debt servicing. However, the board was hitting the people who wanted it most and the people it depends on to keep the industry going.