Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 September 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Darragh O'Loughlin:

Yes. There are two tracks, which takes the number down to 20, where some civil works are outstanding so we cannot start the camera installation until we get that done. We have 14 tracks where we are ready to install cameras and I hope to see those done very soon. We have four more where the electrical first fix is in progress and I anticipate getting those cameras up. There are 14 tracks that are ready for cameras, and another four tracks that are currently under way where we can have some visibility on a finish date. I would like to see all of that work done by the end of this year. I will not make any commitments regarding the last five because there are circumstances outside our control.