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Thanks to Solidarity - People Before Profit, Social Democrats, Right To Change, Independents 4 Change, Independents and 3 Labour Party TDs for voting AGAINST the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024. 

A majority of TDs - mostly from Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, the Green Party and Sinn Fein - shamefully voted in favour of the funding which will see €99.1 million more of Irish taxpayers' money being granted to horse and greyhound racing. 

It brings to over €1.8 BILLION (€1,835,171,127) the amount handed over to the two gambling activities since 2001.

VOTED AGAINST THE FUNDING (19)

Ivana Bacik TD (Labour Party, Dublin Bay South)
Mick Barry TD (Solidarity - People Before Profit, Cork North Central)
Richard Boyd Barrett TD (Solidarity - People Before Profit, Dún Laoghaire)
Holly Cairns TD (Social Democrats, Cork South West)
Joan Collins TD (Right To Change, Dublin South Central)
Catherine Connolly TD (Independents 4 Change, Galway West)
Gary Gannon TD (Social Democrats, Dublin Central,)
Brendan Howlin TD (Labour Party, Wexford)
Gino Kenny TD (Solidarity - People Before Profit, Dublin Mid West)
Catherine Murphy TD (Social Democrats, Kildare North)
Paul Murphy TD (Solidarity - People Before Profit, Dublin South West)
Cian O'Callaghan TD (Social Democrats, Dublin Bay North)
Thomas Pringle TD (Independent, Donegal)
Patricia Ryan TD (Independent, Kildare South) 
Róisín Shortall TD (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
Bríd Smith TD (Solidarity-People Before Profit, Dublin South Central) 
Duncan Smith TD (Labour Party, Dublin Fingal East)
Jennifer Whitmore TD (Social Democrats, Wicklow)
Violet-Anne Wynne TD (Independent, Clare)

And here are the TDs who shamefully voted in favour of the funding...

VOTED IN FAVOUR OF THE FUNDING (110)
(Alphabetically - please scroll down for a “by party” list)

Chris Andrews (Sinn Fein)
Colm Brophy (Fine Gael)
James Browne (Fianna Fail)
Martin Browne (Sinn Fein)
Richard Bruton (Fine Gael)
Pat Buckley (Sinn Fein)
Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
Peter Burke (Fine Gael)
Mary Butler (Fianna Fail)
Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fail)
Seán Canney (Independent)
Ciarán Cannon (Fine Gael)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael)
Matt Carthy (Sinn Fein)
Sorca Clarke (Sinn Fein)
Michael Collins (Independent)
Niall Collins (Fianna Fail)
Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Fein)
Patrick Costello (Green Party)
Simon Coveney (Fine Gael)
Michael Creed (Fine Gael)
Réada Cronin (Sinn Fein)
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fail)
Seán Crowe (Sinn Fein)
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)
Pa Daly (Sinn Fein)
Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fail)
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael)
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Fein)
Stephen Donnelly (Fianna Fail)
Francis Noel Duffy (Green Party)
Bernard J Durkan (Fine Gael)
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Fein)
Damien English (Fine Gael)
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Fein)
Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent)
Joe Flaherty (Fianna Fail)
Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
Norma Foley (Fianna Fail)
Noel Grealish (Independent)
Brendan Griffin (Fine Gael)
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Fein)
Seán Haughey (Fianna Fail)
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent)
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael)
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael)
Neasa Hourigan (Green Party)
Heather Humphreys (Fine Gael)
Alan Kelly (Labour Party)
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Fein)
John Lahart (Fianna Fail)
James Lawless (Fianna Fail)
Brian Leddin (Green Party)
Michael Lowry (Independent)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein)
Marc MacSharry (Independent)
Josepha Madigan (Fine Gael)
Catherine Martin (Green Party)
Steven Matthews (Green Party)
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fail)
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fail)
Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein)
Helen McEntee (Fine Gael)
Mattie McGrath (Independent)
Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)
Denise Mitchell (Sinn Fein)
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Imelda Munster (Sinn Fein)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Fein)
Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael)
Carol Nolan (Independent) 
Malcolm Noonan (Green Party)
Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)
Joe O'Brien (Green Party)
Jim O'Callaghan (Fianna Fail)
James O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fail)
Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael)
Richard O'Donoghue (Independent)
Fergus O'Dowd (Fine Gael)
Roderic O'Gorman (Green Party)
Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Fein)
Christopher O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Fein)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Green Party)
Éamon Ó Cuív (Fianna Fail)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Fein)
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Sinn Fein)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Fein)
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Fein)
Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)
Neale Richmond (Fine Gael)
Michael Ring (Fine Gael)
Sean Sherlock (Labour Party)
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fail)
Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fail)
Ossian Smyth (Green Party)
David Stanton (Fine Gael)
Peadar Tóibín (Aontú)
Robert Troy (Fianna Fail)
Pauline Tully (Sinn Fein)
Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael)
Mark Ward (Sinn Fein)

VOTED IN FAVOUR OF THE FUNDING (By Party)

FINE GAEL

Colm Brophy (Fine Gael)
Richard Bruton (Fine Gael)
Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
Peter Burke (Fine Gael)
Ciarán Cannon (Fine Gael)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael)
Simon Coveney (Fine Gael)
Michael Creed (Fine Gael)
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael)
Bernard J Durkan (Fine Gael)
Damien English (Fine Gael)
Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)
Brendan Griffin (Fine Gael)
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael)
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael)
Heather Humphreys (Fine Gael)
Josepha Madigan (Fine Gael)
Helen McEntee (Fine Gael)
Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)
Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael)
Kieran O'Donnell (Fine Gael)
Fergus O'Dowd (Fine Gael)
Neale Richmond (Fine Gael)
Michael Ring (Fine Gael)
David Stanton (Fine Gael)
Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael)

FIANNA FAIL

James Browne (Fianna Fail)
Mary Butler (Fianna Fail)
Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fail)
Niall Collins (Fianna Fail)
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fail)
Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fail)
Stephen Donnelly (Fianna Fail)
Joe Flaherty (Fianna Fail)
Sean Fleming (Fianna Fail)
Norma Foley (Fianna Fail)
Seán Haughey (Fianna Fail)
John Lahart (Fianna Fail)
James Lawless (Fianna Fail)
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fail)
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fail)
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fail)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)
Jim O'Callaghan (Fianna Fail)
James O'Connor (Fianna Fail)
Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fail)
Christopher O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)
Éamon Ó Cuív (Fianna Fail)
Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fail)
Niamh Smyth (Fianna Fail)
Robert Troy (Fianna Fail)

GREEN PARTY
Patrick Costello (Green Party)
Francis Noel Duffy (Green Party)
Neasa Hourigan (Green Party)
Brian Leddin (Green Party)
Catherine Martin (Green Party)
Steven Matthews (Green Party)
Malcolm Noonan (Green Party)
Joe O'Brien (Green Party)
Roderic O'Gorman (Green Party)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Green Party)
Ossian Smyth (Green Party)

SINN FEIN

Chris Andrews (Sinn Fein)
Martin Browne (Sinn Fein)
Pat Buckley (Sinn Fein)
Matt Carthy (Sinn Fein)
Sorca Clarke (Sinn Fein)
Rose Conway-Walsh (Sinn Fein)
Réada Cronin (Sinn Fein)
Seán Crowe (Sinn Fein)
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)
Pa Daly (Sinn Fein)
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Fein)
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Fein)
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Fein)
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Fein)
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Fein)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein)
Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein)
Imelda Munster (Sinn Fein)
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Fein)
Denise Mitchell (Sinn Fein)
Darren O'Rourke (Sinn Fein)
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Fein)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Sinn Fein)
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Sinn Fein)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Fein)
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Fein)
Pauline Tully (Sinn Fein)
Mark Ward (Sinn Fein)

LABOUR PARTY

Alan Kelly (Labour Party)
Sean Sherlock (Labour Party)

AONTÚ

Peadar Tóibín (Aontú)

INDEPENDENT

Seán Canney (Independent)
Michael Collins (Independent)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent)
Noel Grealish (Independent)
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Lowry (Independent)
Marc MacSharry (Independent)
Mattie McGrath (Independent)
Carol Nolan (Independent) 
Richard O'Donoghue (Independent)

ACTION ALERT 

Since 2001, horse and greyhound racing has received €1.8 BILLION (€1,835,171,127) in government grants. Demand an end to this funding. Contact your TDs now.

Visit the Oireachtas website for contact details for TDs https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=/ie/oireachtas/house/dail/33

Urge the leaders of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, the Green Party, Sinn Fein and Labour to stop the funding and back a ban on dog-killing greyhound racing

Taoiseach Simon Harris TD
Leader, Fine Gael
Email: simon.harris@oireachtas.ie; finegael@finegael.ie
Telephone: +353 (0)1 618 3805 or +353 (0)1 889 2442
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeputySimonHarris

Tanaiste Micheál Martin TD
Leader, Fianna Fail
Email: micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie; info@fiannafail.ie
Phone: +353 (0)1–618 4350 or +353 (0)21-432 0088
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@MichealMartinTD

Roderic O’Gorman TD
Leader, Green Party
Tel: (01) 6642052
Email: roderic.ogorman@oireachtas.ie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RodericOG/
Twitter: https://x.com/rodericogorman

Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDonaldTD

Ivana Bacik TD
Leader, The Labour Party
Tel: (01) 6183136
Email: ivana.bacik@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivanabacik
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bacikivana/

Watch “RTE Investigates: Horses - Making a Killing”
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k4FrFzefIZDsu3BBw3s

Watch “RTE Investigates: Greyhounds Running For Their Lives”
https://youtu.be/ZYTb2qBjlMM