Mr. Mark Flanagan:

Over the past three years, the stakeholders of the IHRA have invested up to €1 million in horses to get us to this point. That is a significant investment by the stakeholders. The French are giving €192,000 in 2018 and between subsidies and prize money have given us approximately €700,000 in the past three years, which is a significant contribution. Mr. Cooper referred to the betting tax of 1%, which is worth €50 million to the Exchequer. Between 15% and 20% of bets are placed on harness racing. When we go to international meetings, it is clear that any money appropriate to an industry should go to that industry. However, this does not happen. Instead, it goes to the greyhounds and horse racing. There is money there that should be appropriated to us because it is being bet on our industry. The international community that we are part of is very clear on that too.