Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Mr. Frank Nyhan:

I neither own nor train any greyhound. I am not part of any golden circle. I do not know any member of the board who is a member of any golden circle. As far as I am concerned and as far as I have seen since I joined the board, the board is only interested in the promotion and welfare of greyhounds and nothing else. There is a certain amount of discontent in greyhound racing because we see it every day. It is a minority, however. Every night of the week, people, including those who own and train greyhounds, are going greyhound racing. There is a disaffected minority with which we have to deal but it is a minority. This is a sport that does not have an integrity problem. I would not be a member of a board that had.

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