Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The prize money certainly does. That is important for races operating on tracks like Roscommon, to attract horses and ensure prize money is spread across horses of all grades and types. The capital funding will also come through this fund to HRI. Since between 2015 and 2023, the total capital grants through HRI were just above €35 million. Through partnering with local tracks, that would have seen some investment of approximately €150 million overall across different types of tracks. That also comes through the fund.

Obviously, that is really important for tracks such as that in Roscommon mentioned by the Senator.