Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion
Mr. Brian Kavanagh:
As I understand it, it is a broadly similar accountability. It is set out in legislation. I understand that the chief executive of the IHRB since 2016 - it was the Turf Club at the time - is liable to appear before an Oireachtas committee when requested and to answer to it. I do not believe the chief executive is an Accounting Officer in the same sense that I am an Accounting Officer of a State body, but the IHRB is not a State-----
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