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Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: No person will be on any two strands.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Nyhan will be on all strands.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: The board is now at the point of the final interviews.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is the remuneration of the CEO's post?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is not insignificant. It is a well-remunerated position for someone to leave after eight months. I am not aware of any public announcement of the previous CEO taking on a major new role.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have previously discussed the next matter with the witnesses at this committee or at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I do not understand why Greyhound Racing Ireland accepts the funding model to which it is tied. We could debate whether it gets too much or too little and people will have their own views on that, but the funding it receives annually is directly...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Greyhound Racing Ireland's funding comes from the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: A precise percentage of the fund. Every year, Greyhound Racing Ireland gets 20% of that fund regardless of what plans, proposals or ambitions it has for reform, expansion or reorganisation. Greyhound Racing Ireland's funding depends on what another organisation is getting. I do not know how Mr. Nyhan as the chair or how the board have not been kicking up holy hell about this.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: The support Greyhound Racing Ireland gets could decrease if Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, brought a bad proposal to the Department and the Department decided that, since HRI got €70 million in 2022, it only needed €60 million next year. Automatically, Greyhound Racing Ireland's funding would be reduced. If the Department decided that the greyhound racing sector needed to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Explain to me how that works. Does Greyhound Racing Ireland produce a proposal annually?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: When Mr. Nyhan says "tested"-----

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Greyhound Racing Ireland will sit across from officials and they will say that it is asking for €21 million. How much did it ask for for 2023?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: How much did Greyhound Racing Ireland seek for 2023? My understanding is that it has been allocated €18.2 million for 2023.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Does anyone know how much Greyhound Racing Ireland sought?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Thankfully, the Department is present. I am sure its officials will remember how much was sought.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: No. I just want to know how much was sought.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Conroy does not have it. Does Mr. Nyhan not believe this is a bit strange? I am asking him about his organisation's submission on how much it felt it needed in State funding for next year. Greyhound Racing Ireland has been allocated €18.2 million - that is subject to Dáil approval, which has not been given yet - yet Mr. Nyhan does not know how much it wanted.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: Greyhound Racing Ireland presented a plan for next year that was dependent on a further €1 million being allocated. There is a proposal now from the Department for €1 million less than what Greyhound Racing Ireland needed. What will lose out? What was in the organisation's plans that will not be achieved next year as a result of receiving €1 million less than was sought?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: When bringing forward the submission for a proposal, does Greyhound Racing Ireland outline on a monthly basis how it plans to expend it in the next year?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Matt Carthy: So it is for the year. It is a flat rate saying this is how much will be paid on salaries, welfare, prize money, etc. Then Greyhound Racing Ireland gets its allocation, so then it does up a new-----