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

Brian Stanley: Why is Rásaíocht Con Éireann opposing that report being published?

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

Brian Stanley: Maybe Mr. Nyhan can confirm this for me. His organisation is being sued by that company for defamation. Why is it opposing the publication of that report?

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

Brian Stanley: Do the witnesses disagree with the main findings of that report?

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

Brian Stanley: What does it disagree with?

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

Brian Stanley: What is the headline? I do not want Mr. Nyhan to go into detail because there are legal proceedings. What is the issue?

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

Brian Stanley: Was a further report published recently by Preferred Results outlining that the State is essentially subsidising the British greyhound industry?

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

Brian Stanley: I accept that but Mr. Nyhan is aware there is another report.

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

Brian Stanley: Who commissioned the latest report? If it was not the witnesses' organisation, who was it commissioned by?

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

Brian Stanley: But you are aware there is one.

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

Brian Stanley: In the report by Preferred Results, one of the critical findings of the analysis was as follows. This is according to the information available to me. If it is wrong it is wrong. It was that "the IGB is not actually a racing-centric organisation and that the primary focus of the organisation is actually on Breeding. That focus causes some 15,000 pups to be bred for racing each year, for...

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

Brian Stanley: There is a statement in that report. It is stated as a fact. Which of those facts does Mr. Herbert disagree with? "That focus causes some 15,000 pups to be bred for racing each year, for a Dog Pool with approximately 3,600 dogs." Is that correct?

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

Brian Stanley: Do the witnesses agree with the assertion that Rásaíocht Con Éireann is not a racing-centric organisation and the primary focus is on breeding?

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

Brian Stanley: So Mr. Herbert disagrees with that. It went on to say that in excess 6,250 dogs - this is 2017 and my understanding is not much has changed since - are exported to England, Scotland and Wales for prices less than 50% of the production cost, a fact that has enabled Irish greyhounds to take over 83% of the British pool of dogs. Is that correct?

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

Brian Stanley: It is 83%.

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

Brian Stanley: We are breeding 83% of the pool of racing dogs in Britain.

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

Brian Stanley: It further stated: "The ... problem emerges with the lack of clarity around what happens to some 6,000 pups each year which [have not been] accounted for". Earlier Deputy Hourigan dealt with this. I welcome the traceability system. That is a positive step. It is important that the industry or sector - "sector" is a better word; "industry" is not good when talking about dogs - should have...

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

Brian Stanley: The sector receives funding from the 80:20 horse and greyhound racing fund.

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

Brian Stanley: That was disputed in this report though. I think the witnesses would accept that. The report outlined that the root causes of the mass culling of pups needed to be addressed and that it could threaten the industry. Do you accept there is an issue to be dealt with?

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

Brian Stanley: I do not think we would dispute that.

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

Brian Stanley: However, there is a considerable difference between the figures that are produced and the figures that wind up in the pool. It is a percentage.