Mr. John Treacy:

HSI took over responsibility from the Equestrian Federation of Ireland, EFI, in January 2008. It was a Government initiative led by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and our Department to put the breeding and sporting side together. That happened. A legal agreement was signed by HSI and EFI whereby assets, liabilities and staff transferred to HSI. Yesterday we received a letter from the international body which stated that all the responsibilities went to HSI in 2008. There was a clear transfer of undertakings in terms of HSI. That issue has been dealt with as far as we are concerned.

The other issue concerns funding of sporting events.