Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-22
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

This industry would not survive if it was not for State money propping it up. The stadiums are 90% empty. This is in the wake of all of the animal cruelty scandals. I will leave aside, for reasons of time, the Government's plans to give €80 million to the horseracing industry with the Shannonside Foods abattoir scandal still fresh in the memory. It is outrageous that the Government is granting the greyhound industry €20 million, an increased handout over what it gave it last year. Stop animal cruelty. Stop this funding now.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-22