Ms Dearbhla O'Brien:

In terms of commercial activities, we have budgeted to bring in €6.5 million between restaurants, the Tote and gate receipts. That compares with €9.4 million in 2019, the first full year of operation. That is the revised forecast. We had originally budgeted to bring in €7.5 million but we opened very late and that first month is a big chunk of a quarter so we do not think we will make up that difference although we can see it starting to come back towards the 70% of 2019 levels that we had planned for.

With regard to GAA groups, fundraisers and getting crowds back, it was wonderful to see the Con and Annie Kirby Memorial cup. Some €20,000 was donated to six local Limerick clubs. We would like more of that. We are starting to see GAA clubs around the country making bookings for local fundraisers. We are still subject to some of the cancel culture. When someone hears about it, we start to get a bit of negative press from organisations that are anti-greyhound racing. The way to combat that is by continually improving welfare. If we improve welfare and demonstrate that improvement, it will come back by default. It is not about going out with a nice promotional campaign saying how wonderful we are. The industry has to prove it. That is our role as regulator. It is our raison d'être.