Johnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the Minister and his officials for being here. The Minister said he was interested in balanced regional economic growth. How is he going about that? What is the process? Often in rural areas, the regional breakdown is not very good.

On the equine anti-doping programme, the review concluded the programme does “at least match international best practice in most respects and has made significant advances in recent years”. In what respects did it not do so?

The tripartite agreement was mentioned. Brexit brought major problems to the country as regards animals. The Windsor Framework is now in place. Can the Minister approach his counterparts in Europe? Can Ireland be given a derogation in respect of the tripartite agreement? As the Minister knows, our major racing industry is in England as well.

Deputy Kehoe raised that many people in the greyhound sector are unhappy about how private tracks like our little track in Enniscorthy are left to fend for themselves. It is like the industry has left the smaller tracks behind. These are very important but do not seem to get the same funding.