Ms Dearbhla O'Brien:

We are aware that people are very conscious of enclosed spaces, given Covid restrictions. We are fortunate in that we have an upstairs, a downstairs and an open area. It depends on the particular stadium, but we absolutely can facilitate entertainment in the open air. We are finding that in general, attendances are starting to increase again. We are starting to see group bookings and fundraising activity coming back too, as much as the regular punter. Attendances are at 81,000 in the year to date, which is kind of where we wanted it to be. We had budgeted for 70% of the 2019 level of attendance, with a budget of €323,000 for the year. Some 81,000 for the first half the year is not too bad. We had budgeted to be open from 1 January, with 2022 being a full year of economic activity. We lost the first four weeks because everything did not really reopen until the end of January. We are mindful and conscious of it and attendances are on our radar, as is facilitating attendance as people require.

A statutory instrument has been drafted and is with the Minister. We put a lot of work into it. It may be the second time we have drafted it, since it may not have been done to the standard required at the time, but now it is at that standard. It went to the Minister relatively recently. We hope it will proceed. These things can never happen quickly enough, as the Senator knows.

I ask our director of regulation to address the whereabouts and traceability of animals identified the last time. I am happy to talk about 2021, for which we have all the figures.