Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 May 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres
9:30 am
Mr. Brendan Gleeson:
I do not think we have done an expenditure review on this, but I know there is an exercise under way and that Deloitte is looking at this. I have some of the figures from it. As I understand it – these figures will be published shortly – the value of horse racing to the Irish economy is €2.44 billion, which is up from €1.84 billion in 2017. There are over 30,000 people employed, directly and indirectly.
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