Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Attendances in 2019, which is the last realistic year by which you can judge this, went down to 463,000. Rasaíocht Con Éireann aims to get that up to 630,000. The last time this figure was seen was in 2015. If we go back to 2008, over 1.1 million people attended race meetings. It is significant. We are looking at less than 40% of that figure. That is a shocking figure in terms of commercial activity and the promotion of the sector. Would Mr. Nyhan agree with that?