Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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To be clear, something must change drastically. I do not see how it would in the light of the sports capital grant. There is no point in leading people up a garden path. I cannot see that happening. The way Mr. Fagan is talking is in terms of funding being available to Horse Sport Ireland for the betterment of the industry, no more than for the betterment of the racing industry. That may be a better solution.

There is a fair bit of promotion urging farmers to get into breeding horses. There is a good market overseas at the moment for some of those horses. Is it fair to say many farmers are being encouraged? In my area, and I am not an expert in horses and would not claim to be, there seems to be more uptake from farming communities with an interest in breeding. There are markets out there. Some of them are successful. Is that fair to say?