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

Neasa Hourigan: I looked up the figures and they are not dissimilar from Ireland to the UK.

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

Neasa Hourigan: The Jim Power report seems to imply that this is a massive loss-making exercise for people. Based on the report, there is double counting of numbers in terms of pups, the dog pool and exports. It does not add up. It seems this industry is not about racing at all but about breeding, as some 85% of dogs in the UK are from Ireland. Irish greyhound racing is a peripheral industry to the...

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

Neasa Hourigan: It is public knowledge. I googled it. One can get UK sales figures no problem.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Exactly. Why would they, and why would we give them €19 million to do so?

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

Neasa Hourigan: I think Deputy Kelly established that.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Does the Department have any concerns based on the GBGB announcement?

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

Neasa Hourigan: This is not welfare question. It is a business-model question.

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

Neasa Hourigan: So Mr. Conroy has no concerns that they will not be able to export at that level.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Can we also ask for a copy of the Jim Power report?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Will there be a second round?

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

Neasa Hourigan: There will be plenty of time then.

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

Neasa Hourigan: I want to cover the issues of traceability and the current strategic plan. We have already established that the traceability system covers racing greyhounds. Is that correct? Correct. We have also just established that the greyhound racing industry produces a large number of dogs that do not necessarily end up racing. Would it not be more appropriate to have a traceability system that...

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

Neasa Hourigan: My question is about how the definition of a racing greyhound will necessarily omit certain dogs that are there and are living as a result of the greyhound industry. Would the definition of non-coursing greyhounds be more appropriate for the traceability scheme?

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

Neasa Hourigan: The answer can be a “Yes” or a “No”.

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

Neasa Hourigan: There are very few.

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

Neasa Hourigan: For the sake of clarity and traceability, the numbers that are there that are not vested at their beginnings in the greyhound industry or the coursing industry are minuscule. For clarity and for traceability and to do what it says on the tin in the spirit of traceability, would it not be more appropriate to define them as non-coursing greyhounds?

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

Neasa Hourigan: We have very little time.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Okay.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Yes, for coursing greyhounds but my point is that both those industries produce dogs as a result of their activities that do not end up coursing or running in a race and this traceability system does not cover them.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Yes.