Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is another one that you pull the hair out of your head with. First, I find the position of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, IHRB, on this matter utterly lacking in substance of explanation. They told us in December that they would be ready to start installing the CCTVs in January, the beginning of the new season, and that was New Year's Day.

It was stated that it would take six weeks. Now we are informed that it could take almost six months. That is another four or five months. That beggars belief, particularly when we think of the benefits that CCTV monitoring would have for the industry and, more importantly, those tasked with regulating it. We cannot help but wonder why there is delay after delay. It raises more questions than answers. It is very frustrating that each time we ask for an update, we are told it is happening. It is being kicked further and further down the road, however. I ask that we request a further update by June. I hope I am proved wrong, but I suspect the board will kick this further down the road for reasons best known to itself at this stage.