Ray Butler (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Elvis has left the building. This strike will go on but we have to sit around a table to see what is best for the greyhound industry.We do have to look at prize money. I know that the ordinary person who has the grading dog from A5 down is not too unhappy about €300 first prize money or a little bit more. It is the bigger stakes where we need the better dogs to come into competition where we need the funding. The derby prize money has been cut, the Cesarewitch had been cut and all the classics money have been cut so we have to look at better funding in to the better racing and we will get the better results because better racing brings out the people.

All is not lost, this can be reversed but we need to sit down with people and we need to look at the board. It is time that we need a new board in place.