Mr. Pat Herbert:

Greyhound racing is a sport. As with every sport, there are people who excel at it and people who do not. There are people who will transgress regulations and people who will not. We are no different from any other sport in this regard. Are we a perfect industry? No, we are not. We have regulations and I assure the Deputy we have ramped up our regime on welfare adherence and regulation. With regard to the inspection figures in 2021, there were 235 welfare investigations and the figure to date this year is 485. Arising out of these, in 2021 we issued 82 fixed penalty notices under the Welfare of Greyhounds Act.