Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am unusual in not having a clue about dog racing. There is no track close to my area. The track in Lifford is the only one in County Donegal and I think it is in bother. This might seem like a stupid question. Mr. Nyhan talked about the crisis being at the level of the tracks, race meetings and stuff like that, but according to the annual reports for 2014 to 2017, inclusive, attendances per race meeting are actually very consistent. The total figure goes from 644,000 in 2014 to 636,000 in 2016. The figure for 2017 is a little different because of a dispute. I do not know anything about it, but the number of race meetings seems to work out at about between 1,600 and 1,700, which seems to be a huge number. Perhaps the idea should be to have fewer meetings but of better quality. It works out at about 32 meetings per week. Perhaps I am wrong and there is a reason for it.

Mr. Nyhan's term is five years. I would flippantly say if he hopes to see the greyhound racing Bill implemented in that time, he is being a bit optimistic.