Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
11:45 am
Mr. Brendan Gleeson:
I know I have repeated this a number of times, but I must mention the representative nature of the board. The Minister will now have, as the Chairman has correctly pointed out, four members - the Chairman and the three members of the board. The Racing Regulatory Body will have three members on the board. There is a strong governance structure there and it does provide the checks and balances needed to ensure that these sub-committees function reasonably well. That is a relevant consideration.
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