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

Neasa Hourigan: Could the Department check that, please? I do not know about minutes. Was it a throw-away comment or was there serious strategic discussions about how it would be achieved?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Is the Department in a position to make the Attorney General's advice on the fund available to the committee?

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

Neasa Hourigan: No, if Mr. Conroy could just send it on to the committee, that would be very helpful. We just discussed Exchequer funding. We were told there was a desire to move away from Exchequer funding if possible and that the board would build its own income sources. Is it challenging to move away from Exchequer funding in the context of being locked into a fund where an entity receives money...

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

Neasa Hourigan: I suppose what I am asking is if RCÉ can raise income itself does it propose to return funding to the Department?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Completely independent of State funding?

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

Neasa Hourigan: RCÉ's strategic plan is based on it receiving an increase in funding. That is my reading.

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

Neasa Hourigan: RCÉ has asked for more than it has received.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Does the Department take a view on the fact that the strategic plan rests on increased funding?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Funding is sometimes hard to understand. Do we have access to all the electronic readings of gate receipts from all the stadiums?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Have we access to feasibility studies for capital improvements to Shelbourne Park and Kilkenny? Has that work been done? This is still in the realm of the strategic plan.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Has RCÉ tendered for that?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Can I just ask one question?

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

Neasa Hourigan: I want to test traceability a little. I refer to an Irish-born greyhound. Am I allowed to name it? Yes, I am because it is public knowledge.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Laughil Roxy broke her hock at a UK track. The UK trainer did not take the dog to the vet for immediate treatment despite instruction from the track vet. On instruction from the owner in Ireland, she was transported to Ireland against track vet advice. The Irish owner did not seek vet treatment for the dog for a week and then she was euthanised. Based on the traceability system now in...

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: In the case of a dog that is injured on a UK track and renters the country, does that go on the RCÉ traceability system?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Therefore it never comes back on the Irish traceability system. The dog is in this country. It is not now, because it has been euthanised.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. The answer is "No". That dog that was euthanised on Irish soil by Irish trainers is not covered by our traceability system. Is that correct?

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

Neasa Hourigan: It came home very badly injured and was euthanised here. Does the Department want to comment? Does it fulfil the spirit of the traceability system?

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

Neasa Hourigan: I can provide details. To be honest the details of the particular dog do not make any difference and I believe that that case has been dealt with by UK authorities. However, the dog comes home to an Irish trainer - it is an Irish dog - and it is euthanised here because it is so badly injured but it is not covered by our traceability system. RCÉ has just confirmed that is correct. Is...