Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be as brief as I can. I want to place on record my admiration for the training community in Ireland and for the wider racing industry. They have been a fantastic storybook for the nation at home and abroad. They have been excellent employers. Notwithstanding recent media reports, they have a good story to tell.

I have five questions. They are all short and snappy. If they answer each of them, it will save us going back and forth. First, they are a representative group. They have no regulatory authority or responsibility.