Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015

9:00 am

Photo of Bobby AylwardBobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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From what I hear, they were told and the padlocks were put on gates to the stadium. Material was removed so that racing could not continue. The board had been there for years and was running the third biggest track in the country and all of a sudden it was gone. In any event, we have gone through it and I wish to move on.

Given the protests that are taking place at Shelbourne Park, what are the IGB's plans to alleviate the situation and to try to bring everyone on board? I believe the losses are approximately €100,000 a week and that has serious consequences for the board for next year's estimates. What are the IGB's plans to sort out the entire problem?