Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association
Mr. Mark Flanagan:
Through our stud book, we got a grant of €97,000. Some €50,000 of that goes towards integrity; that is for testing in France. There was another €30,000 or €40,000 in terms of IT systems. That is €100,000 towards our stud book. We have a few applications in and I hope we will get another €100,000 towards breeding grants, grants for trainers to break young stock. The big one for us to have is the sports capital grant. The IIP scheme is the one thing that could address the problems we have and it is the same with other sporting bodies.