Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres

9:30 am

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I now have the Jim Power report figures to hand. The report is for 2019. It was produced in 2021, actually, but refers to figures from 2019. The industry supported 4,000 full-time and part-time jobs in the economy. In addition, there were 6,000 active greyhound owners. The total number of people deriving an economic benefit from the sector was estimated at 10,000.