Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion

4:30 pm

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is why they need seed funding. I would be deeply uncomfortable supporting this motion today without some commitment that, subject to the five year plan being received and a number of corporate management issues being addressed, which I think are well under way at this stage, the Minister's Department will provide seed funding and commit to capital funding, subject to those protections. My understanding is that the association is well on the way to addressing the requirements and conditions, which is a miracle to me. The problem is that the Minister is asking us to support a motion that commits funding to a number of related industries and we have no commitments-----

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