Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Public Accounts Committee
Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017
9:00 am
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am sorry; my mistake. I have used the board salaries and expenses figure instead of total staff. Mr. Dollard mentioned that the profit of Shelbourne Park was reduced by approximately 50% due to its closure for 22 weeks, from €3.2 million to €1.6 million. He also highlighted the fact that attendances are down, although there was a very good start to the year. What is Mr. Dollard's assessment, now that Shelbourne Park has reopened albeit with dwindling numbers in attendance? When we are sitting here again in 18 months' time to look at the 2019 accounts, I want to know that we will not be talking about a catastrophic financial year with further requests for State funding being made to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. That goes to my earlier question about viability and my unanswered question about whether Bord na gCon will require further funding from the Exchequer.
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