Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has stated on previous occasions that the funding allocation is determined on the basis of the business cases both organisations bring to him. If the greyhound industry brings forward a very good business proposal to the effect that it needs an additional €2.5 million, does he believe that the horse racing sector should get an additional €10 million on the basis that he agrees with the former proposal? That is the position as it stands at the moment. If one organisation makes a good case for additional funding, the other organisation gets it by default. I do not think that is a good way to spend public money. That is not to undermine anything I have said. The funding to both organisations should be separated. Representatives from the organisations in question have appeared before this committee and other committees and stated that they would have no difficulty in principle with that. Where is the resistance to it coming from?