Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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As far as I can see, it wants to invest significantly in a stadium in Limerick, sell off other tracks to repay its debt and mismanage the industry. I do not understand where Mr. O'Driscoll is coming from when he says that it is improving in certain regards. The last accounts that we can get sight of are stark. It is incredible that we must go back to 2014 to get any handle on the performance of a governing body to which we are giving so much money. That is a disgrace. We need to get our act together. We should have been asking questions about this a long time ago. I understand that, when the Oireachtas was examining reports on this matter, Horse Racing Ireland and other sectoral bodies were invited to Leinster House, but many of the representatives of greyhound breeders and owners were not given that opportunity to air their views on the matter. They are the poor relation, yet we are providing the sector with significant moneys. We must pull up our socks.