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- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: As part of the preparation of the strategic plan, is RCÉ examining the number of stadiums?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Some may not be viable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy Hourigan.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay, Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Briefly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes, if it is in the public domain.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: I just want to clarify that the Deputy is quoting from a media report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: I mentioned the Preferred Results Ltd report earlier. It was dated 29 September 2017. Can Mr. Nyhan confirm if it is publicly available?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: It contained a number of assertions. They included that the industry needed to act to prevent the low-cost dumping of dogs into Britain which is ultimately underpinned by the Irish taxpayer. Does Mr. Nyhan agree with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. Tuohey agree?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Why?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Is Mr. Tuohey saying that it did not happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Surplus.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Not directly. Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Indirectly though, could the €18 million or €19 million provide the sector with the means to do it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. Obviously the authors of the report disagree with that. The report also outlined the need for an export levy or controls over exports to ensure that market prices prevail. Would RCÉ agree with an export levy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: That report said that any reduction in exports is an opportunity to expand the sale of racing content into the UK betting market. Does RCÉ agree with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: My concern is that the board commissioned the report but it has not agreed to any of its key findings. I often ask someone questions and the answers might not be what you want but of five answers there might be two or three that you agree with. Here one has a detailed report carried out and Mr. Tuohey, as the CEO, and Mr. Nyhan, as the cathaoirleach of the board, are telling me that they do...
- Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. Nyhan find it unusual as the chairperson of the board? Boards will commission reports. They will look for papers on various different things. One might not agree with everything that comes back but in this case, fundamentally, they have agreed with every one of the key findings of that report.