Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015

9:00 am

Mr. Phil Meaney:

That is a difficult question. There was a combination of issues. Probably the biggest single issue was that decisions were made when the economy was at its highest. The economy collapsed and certainly, with the benefit of hindsight, one would question some of the decisions. I cannot specifically say to the Deputy that any of the decisions that we have made - while I have the utmost of sympathy for Harold's Cross and the Dublin greyhound owners and breeders, my belief it that it is the correct decision but only history will write whether it was the right decision or the wrong decision.