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

I know it is very rigorous for ordinary farm animals. I know this from farmers in my constituency. I wonder what happened here. The concern here is the horse racing industry is a very valuable industry with a big reputation to be kept and this was going on in the heart of horse racing country in County Kildare. This is of concern. Substantial public funding goes into horse racing every year, with more than €80 million directly and other funds indirectly. This is the concern we have here.