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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: That is what I am asking about. Can we schedule that in for as soon as possible so that we might deal with those issues specifically?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Dollard and his team. Would it be correct for me to say that Mr. Dollard and his team are the executive of Bord na gCon?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Yes, as part of the executive.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: We also have a board, a chair and board members-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: -----who were not specifically invited. Is Mr. Dollard here as the Accounting Officer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: And his team. We have had a number of attendances by the organisation over the course of the last two years. Most of the attendances have been shambolic but today's meeting is a refreshing change. Mr. Dollard has brought a level of competency that I did not see in previous attendances, which is a good start. However, the organisation, some of which is funded by taxpayers, faces fundamental...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Mr. Peake is the deputy chief executive and director of events and hospitality. How long has he been in his position?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: How long has Mr. Peake been in his current position?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Mr. Tuohey is the interim chief financial officer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Mr. Lewins is the director of tote. How long has he been in his post?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: So the organisation has changed a lot at both executive and board levels. What struck me while watching the proceedings at the Committee of Public Accounts, other sectoral committee and, indeed, the "RTÉ Investigates" programme, is that there is an awful lot of division within the industry. Some of that manifested itself in very strange ways here, where we had previous members of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: From the accounts, track receipts are down.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Has revenue earned from advertising as a source of income decreased?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Maybe Mr. Dollard may have. I know there have been difficulties with sponsorship as well following the "RTÉ Investigates" programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Is sponsorship and advertising down?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Has the amount of tote receipts come down?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: In overall terms, is it fair to say that it is an industry, in revenue terms at least, that is in decline? And if that is the case, why?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: I accept that but I asked about the opening statement, where mention was made of a disruption to racing that might have had an impact. Is it not the case there is a deeper issue for the industry in terms of where the industry is and how people use it and interact with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: Is it fair to state there are very significant challenges in this regard?