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

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Some members of the committee were taken aback by the amount of public funding allocated for prize money. It would seem to be a significant part of that pot. What has that figure been in the last three years?

I refer to when you divide the 80% with respect to horse racing. What is it when you take the 80% that is allocated to the horse racing under the horse and greyhound fund and when you look at what the prize money would be?