Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Public Accounts Committee
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019
10:00 am
Mr. Brian Kavanagh:
They are two separate categories. The investment made in the new laboratory was there, has applied since 2018 and has been effective. That spend was always in the budget and was going to be spent on that. There was no change in that. In fact, we increased our investment in that area because we wanted them to increase the number of out-of-competition tests that were done. CCTV is a separate issue in relation to security in stable yards. It was an issue in the case we are speaking about but it is a separate issue in terms of access. Access to stable yards is limited to people with stable staff cards that are issued by the IHRB. It is a limited group of people and we take the view they are the experts in this area.
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