Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 June 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board

9:30 am

Mr. Darragh O'Loughlin:

I agree the impression could well be that it takes that long to process a case; it does not. All the adverse analytical findings from 2022 have been dealt with in hearing. We have had a number of adverse analytical findings in the first part of 2023 and many of those are ready to go to hearing. However, occasionally we get an particularly complex case, which, no more than in any court of law, can take longer to work its way through the system. In parallel to large complex cases that may be in train, we also have the more simple, straightforward cases we can process on an ongoing basis.