Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 September 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Jason Morris:

I wish to raise a couple of points. I used to be the Curragh manager. Back in 2000, there was a Curragh siding that was used for transport, particularly for people coming from Dublin. It certainly something the Curragh would be keen to try to reinstate if possible.

The Deputy mentioned Longchamps. When it started out, the project was mooted to be €108 million. It actually came in at approximately t €140 in terms of a total redevelopment of Longchamps. When Ascot was rebuilt in the early 2000s, it came in at £220 million. By comparison, our overall costs were just over €80 million. That is probably quite modest-----

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