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

Neasa Hourigan: All right. Do the schemes include dogs that never make it to trial?

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

Neasa Hourigan: What about collateral dogs? In a previous contribution GRI told us dogs are registered at 12 weeks. Let us begin at the beginning. How many pups are in a litter on average?

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

Neasa Hourigan: On average, how many would Greyhound Racing Ireland expect to get to their first trial, out of six?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Yes.

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

Neasa Hourigan: That is not really my question. Out of six pups, how many go on to racing?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Like dogs dying on a farm.

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

Neasa Hourigan: That would be rare. Surely that is rare. Many of my-----

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

Neasa Hourigan: -----extended family are dog owners and also farmers. It would be rare for a dog to die on a farm.

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

Neasa Hourigan: That would be a minute percentage of dogs. Out of those six pups per litter, how many get to a trial? Do we have a number for that? Is it three? Is it four?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Does Greyhound Racing Ireland trace all six pups?

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

Neasa Hourigan: That is because they are registered at 12 weeks.

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

Neasa Hourigan: What happens prior to 12 weeks?

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

Neasa Hourigan: I do not mean to move Mr. Herbert along, but I am watching the clock tick down. Is there any way to know what happens to collateral pups under 12 weeks?

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

Neasa Hourigan: How many are we exporting? We have established that some of them are going at 13 months and 18 months. Is there a cut-off point?

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

Neasa Hourigan: While there will always be some variation, what was the average age of those dogs?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Before they are trialled here?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Herbert does not want to give the age in months.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Surely then GRI would have a breakdown of age.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Can GRI produce those figures in terms of the age, by month, a dog is when it is exported?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Going back to the Jim Power report, it seems those numbers do not add up. If exports are included, we are double counting those figures. We are then using the figure of just under €6,000 for cost. Let us take a person who has a litter of six pups and, being kind, let us say three or four pups get to a point at which they can race. You are talking about a massive outlay for a...