Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015

9:00 am

Mr. Pat Creed:

I will return to the sale of Harold's Cross. The sale is the future for the greyhound industry because it means that this legacy debt, which has killed the industry, will be resolved once and for all. The second thing I would say is that from a commercial point of view, I know of no business that has two properties a couple of miles apart - Shelbourne Park and Harold's Cross - that are closed four or five nights a week. They are two premises that are closed four or five nights a week when they are right beside each other. If this was a commercial organisation, they would be merged and that is what the plan for Dublin is. I will let Dr. Brady take the question about Harold's Cross.