Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 September 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017

9:00 am

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would think that is critical. There is somebody new on the board who has marketing experience. Mr. Dollard outlined the team he has. That is going to be critical in terms of attracting sponsorship and attracting new people into dog racing. It also has to be acknowledged that we have the primary legislation there now for which the witnesses were calling. That predated the enactment of that and the discussion we had in the Oireachtas predated the RTÉ programme. Credit should be given to the industry in terms of the work it is doing to promote animal welfare. We have to look at these things on balance. That is one thing that can be lost when we focus on one programme. There are great efforts being made by the industry.

On capital investment, I want to ask briefly about increasing capacity at Mullingar and the capital works that are due. Is there any detail on how that is progressing? Has it gone to tender yet?

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