Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion

2:00 pm

Mr. Phil Meaney:

Through the Chair, Senator Ó Domhnaill must take on board the fact, as Senator Landy stated, that the federation is the only official body. How does one deal with others who are not affiliated but who insist on meeting the chairman of IGB? From the day I came into the industry, my wish has been that we would get all the parties working together and that there would not be fragmentation. Perhaps it cannot happen. That is the problem. I will give an undertaking to the Senator, through the Chair, that I will meet the federation. However, he should not leave here believing that solves the problem. It does not even solve half of the problem.