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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Peake is basically saying that when the other transfer is taken out, it is making a substantial profit.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: How does that compare with the performance of the catering operation under the old model?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: If Mr. Peake were to correlate the old model with the new model, with the transfer taken into account, how would the figures look?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I ask Mr. Peake to conduct an analysis of the figures for the years from 2013 to 2018, based on the correlation we have just spoken about, and to send it to the committee. I would find it very interesting.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Irish Greyhound Board might want to make that more transparent. My final question relates to gate receipts. Perhaps Mr. Lewis or Mr. Dollard would like to answer this. There are no full electronic readings of the gate receipts at the stadiums.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is just an observation. It is not a question. At each racetrack, the figures are entered manually at the point of sale. I presume it goes on up the system to be collated.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Is that 100% secure?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is not 100% secure.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Are there issues?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is important, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Is it always human error?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I have visited many of the venues. Is the chief executive officer stating here that the situation needs to improve? Is he saying that the process at the point of sale - how all of that information is collated, put in through the system and put up - is open to error because a lot of it is manual?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: How can one stand over the statistics as regards who enters the tracks if Mr. Dollard is saying this here today?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Were there issues in Kerry or anything like that?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: What does "an income issue" mean?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Did that not set off alarm bells that the board's systems are open to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: In terms of the past couple of years, what if we write to Bord na gCon and ask for certain tracks? Anybody who ever enters a track obviously gets his or her racebook. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: Surely the board knows the number of racebooks printed versus the amount of people who enter each track and the figures must match. I accept they would be out by one or two here and there. If we were to give Mr. Dollard a little exercise by picking a few racetracks over a period, would he provide us with the information on the amount of booklets being produced versus the amount of patrons...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: In January of last year, my party published the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017, which was debated in Private Members' time. The Bill was broadly welcomed and it contains some good initiatives. During the past 18 months or longer, we know of many cases which have been exemplified in the media whereby harassment is continuing at a level that is quite...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: I asked about the 96-bed unit.