Mr. Mark Flanagan:

No, they do not pay a levy on their turnover. On the laboratory and testing, the laboratory we use is the French laboratory, which is known as one of the best in the world. There are five laboratories approved for use by the UET. One is in Newmarket and one is the French laboratory. Obviously, with the connection with France we get a good rate from the French. A vet is present at all race meetings. An average of two or three races at every meeting are tested. That is the plan for 2024. We also do pre tests. We were the first. Pre testing is a test for bicarbonate of soda. We test for that. It is a pre test. We started doing that in 2017. Thoroughbreds only started doing it in 2020. Lynn Hillyer, who works with Horse Racing Ireland, came to us to see how we were doing pre-race testing. It is funny that we were leading the way in that testing. We have obligations under our membership of the UET to do a certain number of tests. We report on the testing. I have learned that if you do 300 tests and have zero positives, then you are not testing right. You need to find something.