Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Public Accounts Committee
Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. Colin Walsh:
I can answer the question. The figure I gave was based on the average attendance per meeting. There was a 5% reduction in the number of meetings that year as part of the Indecon recalibration. The figures at the bottom of page 19 show a reduction in the number of races held in 2015 relative to the number held in 2014. If the Deputy performs a calculation using those figures he will find that my sums are correct and there was an increase of 4.3% year on year.