Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I have one final question and it is a simple question to the rest of the panel. They talk about animal welfare but they are all a disgrace because none of them make any contributions. The Department give a bit of money at Christmas to a charitable organisation that looks after animal welfare in this country and I think that particularly Horse Racing Ireland but the whole lot of them should be making contributions. They are all making money out of animals but none of them are prepared to put money in except the Department. They give a bit of money to the small people that run charitable organisations to look after animals in this country and putting a bit of funding into the welfare of animals is something that should be looked at, particularly the voluntary groups that are running these organisations. It is something they should look at since there is big money in this business and the least they could do is put a bit of money into animal welfare.