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

Alan Kelly: Page 19 of the annual report states that attendance levels in 2014 were 644,000 and those in 2015 were 635,000. That is not an increase of between 4% and 5%, it is a decrease.

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

Alan Kelly: The witness is now saying that there was not an increase, that there was an average increase per meet.

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

Alan Kelly: Okay.

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

Alan Kelly: Comparisons between the horse racing and greyhound industries were discussed on the previous occasion the witness gave evidence here. He said: "The on-Tote revenues for horse racing and greyhound racing have continued to operate in very challenging betting environments since 2007, with a decline in Tote revenues of 67.9% at domestic horse tracks and 66% at greyhound tracks." However, if one...

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

Alan Kelly: I did not say the witness did so.

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

Alan Kelly: I intended to refer to Mr. Meaney. I apologise. I will return to the issue regarding revenue.

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

Alan Kelly: Mr. Neilan was sitting beside Mr. Meaney.

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

Alan Kelly: Four countries, not 30 countries. The feeling taken away from the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts attended by Mr. Neilan, who has now moved on to pastures new, was that the greyhound industry was going to experience an upturn because 30 contracts were going to be signed. Four have been signed. Is that accurate?

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

Alan Kelly: What happened to the other 26 contracts?

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

Alan Kelly: Okay. When I say "okay" it is not that I accept that. It is incredible that-----

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

Alan Kelly: What is the exact figure?

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

Alan Kelly: Lads, come on. - this is just incredible. The witnesses are sitting beside one another.

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

Alan Kelly: Hold on a second.

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

Alan Kelly: I have put a question. In previous evidence here, Mr. Nyhan was with Mr. Meany, although to be fair it was not Mr. Meany who said it but Mr. Nyhan. I am not going to wrong the pair because I watched the debate. It is funny, because 30 contracts were to be signed.

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

Alan Kelly: Whatever the witnesses come out with now, I am sure that the next figure will even be more amusing. A figure of four was mentioned. Mr. Walsh is the commercial director and he said four, but Mr. Murnane is more comfortable with a figure of 16. The board has come in here to meet the Committee of Public Accounts. In previous evidence the witnesses said there were 30 contracts but today they...

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

Alan Kelly: Sorry. In fairness, in evidence I said that Mr. Nyhan had said it and it was 30.

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

Alan Kelly: Mr. Nyhan has verified that, to be fair.

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

Alan Kelly: Four years ago.

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

Alan Kelly: Obviously we do not want sensitive contractual information. Can the witnesses provide us with the dates and lists of contracts that it has done?

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

Alan Kelly: The information will help us find out what has happened. Mr. Walsh, in his evidence that he gave on the last day, said:The on-Tote revenues for horse racing and greyhound racing have continued to operate in very challenging betting environments since 2007, with a decline in Tote revenues of 67.9% at domestic horse tracks and 66% at greyhound tracks. The issue was raised by others and I...