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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I give up.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I think everyone knows.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: As far as I can see, somebody who is present was on the board before Mr. Meaney's time and when this debt was incurred.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: On the previous occasion on which he gave evidence, Mr. Meaney said:Yes, in some shape or form, through syndication, family members or otherwise. Under the Act we are not allowed to have greyhounds in our own ownership. He has stated to me and to everyone here that he stands over the evidence. If, on 4 May, he was not allowed to own greyhounds, how did he manage a few weeks later to own...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is what the witness said inaccurate? If it is, let him say that is the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Why did the witness say it?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did he believe it when he said it?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am doing so.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Who told the witness that?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the witness get legal advice?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did he ask the Department about this issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Gleeson know if board members are allowed own dogs?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Meaney says that he stands over his evidence. On that day, he must have believed that board members were not allowed to own dogs.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is not my question. On that day, he said that, under the Act, board members were not allowed to own greyhounds. To be fair to him, he must have believed that was accurate on 4 May when he said it. If Mr. Brady has something to say, he might just say it.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I asked Mr. Meaney a specific question.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am addressing a specific issue. Can Mr. Meaney answer the question?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can the witness verify that he believed that statement when he said it? There is nothing wrong with that. Is it correct that he believed what he said on the day?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is not a big issue but it tells me that Mr. Meaney, chairman of Bord na gCon, gave evidence on 4 May that, under the Act, board members were not allowed to own greyhounds and he believed that. He did not know whether or not board members were allowed to own dogs because he did not know the Act. That is obvious because what he said is not accurate, as he has now admitted. The chairman...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am moving on because we are pressured for time but I wanted that point on the record. One has to have confidence in the chairman of an organisation. Mr. Meaney did not know the Act. That is a fundamental issue. I read the transcript of the evidence Mr. Walsh gave to this committee. He said that at the height of the recession, attendance figures dropped. He tried to manage that. He...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Walsh was boasting about increased attendance figures even though it was increasing from a base which was the lowest ever. However, there was an increase of between 4% and 5%.