Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have asked the Taoiseach a few times about the situation regarding motorcycles and motorcycle events. The Faugheen 50 has been running for decades in my county of Tipperary and it cannot get insurance. There are different clubs and organisations across the country involved in carting, quad racing or motorcycling events, all carried on safely with health and safety officers and everybody else present, but they just cannot get insurance in the Republic. They can get it in Northern Ireland. Absolutely no effort is being made and the season is slipping away from them. These give huge added value to the communities where they are run, and to the people who sell the machinery, equipment and parts. People are entitled to enjoy their sport. We all go to horse racing, GAA matches etc. This sport has been abandoned. While some people here have no interest in it, many people excel at it. It is worth a lot to the economy. For some people who love it, it is their livelihood. They have failed to get insurance. There have been some meetings with junior Ministers, but no effective effort by the Government to sort out this insurance racket.

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