Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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I was briefly away elsewhere. I apologise if there is a small bit of duplication with regard to what has been covered by Deputy Catherine Murphy and the Cathaoirleach. I want to get through a range of issues but I will start with the horse and greyhound racing fund. The 80:20 split is set in law as I understand it. Is there any flexibility in it? Let us say one of them is performing in a way the State is quite happy with and the other is not. During Covid we saw a situation where Horse Racing Ireland needed additional subvention. Because we were locked into this rigid 80:20 split we then had to top up Greyhound Racing Ireland to the same amount. Is there any flexibility in the legislation or is it 80:20 regardless of how either of the institutions is behaving?