Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

If they do not support the industry, they will having nothing to bet on in the future. If people pay their taxes rather than availing of schemes to evade paying it, we would have plenty of money for the horse and greyhound industry. As Deputy Mitchell said, we have achieved a great deal as a nation but we could achieve even more if we put more money into breeding. We could even introduce a national breeding policy and, perhaps, get involved in sports horses given the decline in our bloodlines. We support the motion and look forward to moving responsibility for the horse and greyhound industry to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

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