Ray Butler (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is all over the place. Nobody seems to know what is going on or who is chair of this or that group.There are different organisations and groups, and there is bickering and fighting going on. It is all over the place. Therefore, we cannot approve this.

The industry and many of the associations inside the greyhound industry have to take a look at themselves. I saw people being nominated for this House in the most recent Seanad election, and although they did not get elected, they were people who did not know the back of a greyhound from the front in certain cases, and some of them were never even inside a greyhound track. The genuine people who should have been nominated were told it had been done secretly, the envelope was gone, and it was done and dusted. I recommend that these industry groups, breeders and owners come together and unite under one body, and not have different groups and it all done in secrecy. It is not good enough. Something has to happen.