John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To go back to how HSI allocates its money, I read an article this year about how the world equestrian games became an issue and was written about in various newspapers regarding attempts to stage the event in Ireland. Discussion took place about sponsorship of a considerable amount of US dollars. There were also discussions on support for the event within Ireland. It did not take off and did not happen. Why? It was a huge world event. I thought this was the idea of the Irish Sports Council and Horse Sport Ireland.