Bord na gCon attendance trend
Deasy sought the annual attendance trend after hearing attendances had halved since 1979. The Minister supplied the 1988 figure of 562,000 and undertook to provide the annual figures.
The Minister, when replying, gave a startling statistic, which was to the effect that attendances had halved since 1979 whereas I had been led to believe that the attendance drop had been arrested in recent years. Is that true or false? Can the Minister give the House a run-down on how attendances have varied?
Comment on this
I have not the precise information the Deputy is seeking but I will ascertain it for him on an annual basis. I have the figures for attendances for the year 1988 which show that 562,000 people attended race meetings. However, since, 1979 there has been a decline to half that number.