Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland
2:30 pm
Dr. Meta Osborne:
I will answer Deputy Clare Daly's question on corporate governance. I joined the board in December 2013. We had a half day session on corporate governance in the spring of 2014. That took place for a variety of reasons, not least of which was the fact that we were waiting for the HRI Act to come into being. The board has been in transition for the last two and a half years. I referred in my opening statement to formal, mandatory corporate governance training now that we finally have clarity on the composition of the board and a better idea of when people's terms will expire and their successors will be appointed. We can now set in train a proper programme. We recognise absolutely the need for that. The last couple of years have seen the board in a kind of limbo which has made it difficult to progress this sort of thing. We are absolutely committed to it being part of our training for board members in future.
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