James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I would like the attendance figures for the Curragh. I understand HRI probably has those, although the witnesses might not have them with them. Could I be furnished with them, please? I would be interested to see them from a transparency perspective and as an indication of where things stand and what it is going to take to make things work to get a good return for the organisations and for the State in respect of its investment in this regard. Getting these figures would be helpful. I do not expect a response on this point.

A local issue raised on numerous occasions in Cork was the cancellation of point-to-point races at Kinsale. The IHRB ruled that point-to-point racing would not go into June. I do not know why that was advanced by the organisation. From a national hunt point of view, there is a mixed meeting in Galway in the summer. The point-to-point races at Kinsale were popular and many people in the racing industry, at grassroots level, loved going there. The event just seemed to be pulled and it is important to get an explanation for this. I ask the witnesses to comment.