Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Kavanagh is very welcome. I am joining the meeting from the Leinster House complex.

I appreciate the value of the horse racing industry. Indeed, I represent a Kildare constituency. Kildare adopted the motto "The Thoroughbred County" in the 1990s. This says it all about the importance of the horse to Kildare and the rural economy.

On the integrity fund and CCTV, CCTV was to be installed at the racecourse stables. It was to protect the industry in its totality. It was only in recent days or weeks that the matter of the tender for the CCTV came into the public arena. Obviously, this matter relates to unauthorised remedies, doping and other such things that could undermine such an important industry. With hindsight, will Mr. Kavanagh state whether there was proper control over the spending of the money on CCTV? It was provided for that purpose. Is Mr. Kavanagh unhappy that the CCTV was not installed in all the racecourses?