Mr. Gerard Dollard:

There was never a conscious decision made not to send it to the Department. The view was taken, not consciously, that many of the issues raised in the report, like exports, a greyhound regulator, and welfare were all part of discussions on the Greyhound Racing Bill, which was ongoing at that point. The board felt that the analysis on the figures did not reflect the situation at the time, where there was a shortage of racing dogs. On that basis, the report was not seen as being of value, in the context of sending it further, because it did not have the required evidence base.