376 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food given the recent revelations in relation to expenditure at Horse Racing Ireland, if he will agree to an investigation into the organisation’s expenditure and finances; the reason, despite HRI increased expenditure, Ireland’s only all-weather track at Dundalk still remains closed in the winter; the reason HRI’s contribution to race prize money increased by almost 600% between 1998 and 2008 despite the fact that the number of race fixtures increased by only 33% over this period; the reason HRI recently refused to release information under a Freedom of Information request from the Irish bookmakers association and if he will request that this information sought by IBA is released. [42788/10]

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376 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food given the recent revelations in relation to expenditure at Horse Racing Ireland, if he will agree to an investigation into the organisation’s expenditure and finances; the reason, despite HRI increased expenditure, Ireland’s only all-weather track at Dundalk still remains closed in the winter; the reason HRI’s contribution to race prize money increased by almost 600% between 1998 and 2008 despite the fact that the number of race fixtures increased by only 33% over this period; the reason HRI recently refused to release information under a Freedom of Information request from the Irish bookmakers association and if he will request that this information sought by IBA is released. [42788/10]

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