Written answers
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Horse and Greyhound Fund
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to a fund (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018 in tabular form; and the amount announced in budget 2019. [46389/18]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information the Deputy has requested is detailed in the following table.
Monies are paid out of the horse and greyhound fund in the ratio of 80% to Horse Racing Ireland and 20% to Bord na gCon as specified in Section 12 (6) of the Horse and Greyhound Act 2001.
Horse and Greyhound Fund details 2016 to 2018 and Budget Provision for 2019
Fund Year | 2016 (€m) | 2017 (€m) | 2018 (€m) | 2019 (Budget Provision) (€m) |
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Fund Income | 74 | 80 | 80 | 84 |
Horse Racing Ireland | 59.2 | 64 | 64 | 67.2 |
Bord na gCon | 14.8 | 16 | 16 | 16.8 |
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